Talk:Khmer sculpture

Irrelevant
"The myth on which the saga of the ruling class in Cambodia is based speaks of a hero called Kaundinya who, coming from India, founds the capital Fu-nan, the ancient name of the pre-Angkorian kingdom, and marries the daughter of the local king of the Naga, the original people of the region. It is interesting to note how all of the rulers that follow in Cambodia, even the usurpers of the throne, try to show, in some way or other, that they are descents of the legendary Kaundinya, or they marry into this lineage, as though that relation provided definitive legitimization. We do not know how much truth there is to this legend, but we can deduce that some immigrants of noble blood left India to seek their fortune in the area of Southeast Asia, where they settled. There, finding little or no resistance on the part of the local inhabitants, they secured their superiority and domain in very little time. With them came the religions and the priests to practice their rites, as well as the intellectuals, educators, artists and sculptors to build the temples and make the sacred images. They created an empire that reached its highest splendour in the 12th century, and they lived in marvellous palaces, isolated and at a distance from the people, over whom they exercised a benevolent but absolute control."

"Probably the good economic conditions of such a fertile country and the generous nature of its people were among the main factors contributing to the development of this fortunate culture"

The first paragraph is irrelevant to the topic, but it is also unsourced, and it reads like an essay. The last paragraph of the first section is clearly opinionated more so than even the first. Removing unless someone reasons why they should be kept due to their relevance to the page, and properly cite them. -Kdsh C. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.201.146.41 (talk) 19:29, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on Khmer sculpture. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20061010095014/http://www.hachmeister-galerie.de/HACHMEISTER_eng/Khmer_art/khmer_art.html to http://www.hachmeister-galerie.de/HACHMEISTER_eng/Khmer_art/khmer_art.html

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

Cheers.— InternetArchiveBot  (Report bug) 21:57, 9 December 2017 (UTC)