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This school is almost exclusively religious in character.
In Camboja, the Brahmanic cult appeared in all
its artistic manifestations. The Brahmanic images
include those of Brahma, the creator, Indra, the king
of Heaven, Visnu, the Preserver and Siva, the des-
troyer. They are found in almost all the temples.
There are Buddhist images also, but Lord Buddha
was there as one of the avataras of Vis$u. In the
sanctuary cf Phimai, the image of Gatuama has got the
place of honour on the linteau of the principal door,
while the Brahmanic gods have been regulated to a
secondry place. M. Lapnquiere thinks that it might
have been built at a time when the Brahmanic faith
was in decay.
The remains of this Indo Camboja group of art
occupy a great part of the archaeological domain of
Siam. The valley of Menam is entirely full of khmer
inscriptions and monuments belonging to the ancient
Camboja.
In the Province of Chantabun has been found a
fragment of stele bearing an inscription partly in Sans-
krit and partly in khmer. The readings of P. Schmidt1
and of Jl. Aymonier* donot give us any interesting
indication. The latter, however, concludes from the
language of the document that it belongs to the tenth
century A. D..
Another fragment of inscription is preserved in
the same stele, which seems to have been eiccted by
1. Fournereau—Le Siam Aucien, I, p. 137
2. Le Gaiubodge, II, p. 80