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Angkor Wat (Wikipedia)
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Wikipedia's article on Angkor Wat, community-edited. Reliable for the settled construction dates, 1122 to 1150 under King Suryavarman II as a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu, and for the gradual transition to Buddhist use that began after a 1178 Cham attack under King Jayavarman VII, whose wife Indradevi was a devout Mahayana Buddhist; the article states this as a multi-century process, with Theravada Buddhism firmly dominant by the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, rather than a single conversion event. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Community-edited reference page, tier 3. Used for the 1122 to 1150 Hindu construction era and the post-1178 Buddhist transition, both stated by the article without qualification, though the transition's own pace is explicitly gradual over centuries rather than a fixed year. NotesWikipedia's article on Angkor Wat, consulted 2026-08-11 and again 2026-08-12. A perpetually community-edited reference page rather than a peer-reviewed publication, useful for Angkor Wat's construction as a Hindu temple and its later transition to Buddhist use, and for Suryavarman II's own Vishnu dedication and Jayavarman VII's later Buddhist conversion of the same temple.
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AuthorWikipedia contributors
PublisherWikipedia
Publication Year2026
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angkor_Wat
Source Typereference
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This source names Theravada directly: "this as a multi-century process, with Theravada Buddhism firmly dominant by the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, rather than a single conversion event."
Source Angkor Wat (Wikipedia)Wikipedia contributors
This source names Vishnu directly: "II as a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu, and for the gradual transition to Buddhist use that began after a 1178 Cham attack under King Jayavarman VII, whose wife Indradevi was a devout Mahayana..."
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Claims Backed By This Source (216 claims)
This source backs 216 claims across the atlas. As facts: 200 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 7 holds, 2 connected. Plus 6 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Spread Events, 189 claims: 181 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 5 holds, 2 general references.
- Articles, 12 claims: 8 well-attested, 2 connected, 2 general references.
- Sources, 10 claims: 8 well-attested, 2 holds.
- Doctrines, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Sacred Sites, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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