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The Baray That Broke: Engineering and Collapse of Angkor's Water System
Angkor's colossal barays — the Western Baray, the Eastern Baray, Indratataka — were not just reservoirs but sacred cosmograms, built to control Monsoon floods and sustain a million people. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how Khmer hydrology worked: the massive earthen dams, the Neak Ta spirit shrines that marked water sources, and the critical flaw in the system that contributed to the empire's decline. We trace the engineering from Yasovarman I's first baray to Jayavarman VII's network of canals and arogyasalas, and then examine the crisis of the 14th century when…
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