As well as the native khmers, these were foreign communities in cambodia; indian and chinese in particular . the former must mostly have been traders, but there are record of regular visits by men of letters such as the son -in-law of king Rajendravarman who was Brahmin from the town of Mathura in the delhi region.
the chinese had their own quarter at Angkor and also near the towns. their presence is notably attested in the account of ambassador Zhou Daguan who stayed in their community for about a year during his visit to Angkor in the late thirteenth century . this caused him to record some erroneous statements about events he had not personally witnessed. it can be deduced that the Khmer and Chinese communities did not engage in close contacts, that therefor imaginary legends could take root among the Chinese , such as the story,which the Khmers are unlikely to have invented ,that the king had sexual relations each evening with a serpent-woman at the top of Phimeanakas temples.
As well as the native khmers, these were foreign communities in cambodia; indian and chinese in particular . the former must mostly have been traders, but there are record of regular visits by men of letters such as the son -in-law of king Rajendravarman who was Brahmin from the town of Mathura in the delhi region.
the chinese had their own quarter at Angkor and also near the towns. their presence is notably attested in the account of ambassador Zhou Daguan who stayed in their community for about a year during his visit to Angkor in the late thirteenth century . this caused him to record some erroneous statements about events he had not personally witnessed. it can be deduced that the Khmer and Chinese communities did not engage in close contacts, that therefor imaginary legends could take root among the Chinese , such as the story,which the Khmers are unlikely to have invented ,that the king had sexual relations each evening with a serpent-woman at the top of Phimeanakas temples.
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