This is a guide to the Kathmandu Valley, where despite modern encroachment the valley retains a lush agricultural landscape that surrounds densely packed villages and towns. It focuses on the art and architecture, people, festivals, flora and fauna.

Collins Illustrated Guide to Kathmandu and Valley

Travel

Sanday, John

Asia

HarperCollins Publishers, Ltd

A colorfully illustrated tour of Asia's most sacred locales takes readers through Nepal, India, Cambodia, Thailand, Java, Myanmar, and Bali in search of ancient temples and other sanctified places.

Sacred Places of Asia: Where Every Breath Is a Prayer

Arts & Photography

Ortner, Jon

Kurtis, Bill

Photography & Video

Abbeville Pr

Built between the 9th and the 13th centuries by a succession of 12 Khmer kings, Angkor spreads over 120 square miles in South-East Asia and includes scores of major architectural sites. In 802, when construction began on Angkor Wat, financed by wealth from rice and trade, Jayavarman II took the throne, initiating an unparalleled period of artistic and architectural achievement, exemplified in the fabled ruins of Angkor, centre of the ancient empire. Among the amazing pyramid-and mandala-shaped shrines preserved in the jungles of Cambodia is Angkor Wat, the world's largest temple, an extraordinarily complex structure filled with iconographic detail and religious symbolism. Perhaps because of the decline of agricultural productivity and the expansion of the Thai Empire, Angkor was abandoned in the 15th century and left to the ravages of time. Today many countries are working to conserve and restore the temples, which have been inaccessible until recently. Now that the civil war has ended, Angkor is being reborn and is an increasingly popular tourist destination. Undaunted by the difficulties of travelling through Cambodia and eastern Thailand, Jon Ortner, accompanied by his wife, Martha, photographed 50 of the most important and unique monuments of the Khmer Empire. His images include spectacular views from the rooftops of its temples, glorious landscapes, and details of inscriptions and art that few have ever seen. Reproduced in this publication, the photographs are accompanied by a text written by a team of experts, providing historical, architectural, and religious analyses of Angkor and the Khmer civilization.

Angkor: Celestial Temples of the Khmer

Mannikka, Eleanor

Goodman, James

Mabbett, Ian W.

Mabbett, Ian

History & Criticism

Abbeville Press

The Kathmandu Valley: Jewel of the Kingdom of Nepal

Passport Books

Odyssey Illustrated Guide to The Kathmandhu Valley

Odyssey

Illustrated map of Cambodia and its Khmer Legacy showing essential sites and architectural treasures. Siem Reap Province & World Heritage Angkor. In addition, an illustrated map of the Mekong River showing its course from source to sea with a selection cultural and natural sites. Comprehensive notes with cultural and historical info on key destinations.

Cambodia: The Khmer Legacy

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Atlases & Maps

Odyssey Books & Maps

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