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The Broken Roads: Land Transport and Logistics in the Khmer Empire
Most of what we know about Angkor's infrastructure focuses on canals and barays, but the Khmer Empire also built overland roads. This episode of Fexingo History traces the network of raised causeways, stone bridges, and rest houses that connected Angkor to imperial outposts like Phimai and Preah Vihear. Lucas and Luna examine the diagnostic markers of Khmer roads — laterite paving, arched bridges like Spean Thmor, and the temple-based way stations recorded in the inscriptions of Preah Khan. They discuss how the road system supported troop movements, trade, and pilgrimage; how it was…
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