500–1500 CE

Medieval sites in Asia

3 Medieval sites in Asia: Angkor Wat, Borobudur and Hampi. Temple cities, trading kingdoms and mountain estates across every inhabited continent.

Medieval elsewhere: Africa (2) North America (2) Oceania (1) South America (1)

Cambodia · early 12th c. CE

The largest religious monument on Earth, built as a map of the Hindu cosmos.

Indonesia · 9th c. CE

Nine stacked platforms, 2,672 relief panels and hundreds of Buddha statues in Central Java.

India · 14th–16th c. CE

Temples, bazaars and royal enclosures scattered across a landscape of giant boulders.

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