394 FURTHER INDIA. BOOK VIII. a double enclosure of sculptured corridors, the aggregate length 4 68. One of the Towers of the Temple of Bayon in Angkor Thorn. (From a Photograph by Mr. J. Thomson.) of which has been calculated to be over 36,000 ft., or nearly twice that of Angkor Vat. BENG MEALEA. The third great example is that of the temple of Beng Mealed (Woodcut No. 469), about 20 miles east of Angkor Thorn. This temple belongs to the first class, all the enclosures being more or less on the same level. No inscriptions of any kind have been found on the structure, but according to Aymonier, who judges by the general design and decoration, it probably belongs to the 9th century. There is an excep- tional feature in it ; in the first enclosure on the south or left hand side are two groups of buildings which are assumed to
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