72 Angkor castle town by the army of Champa (1177-1181), the expedition to Vietnam, the annexation of the kingdom of Champa (1203) and so on, yet it was an era wherein stable rule as a whole continued, the territory under control expanded, and imperial brides or titles were awarded to local and other forces that were politically disturbed. Also, the erection of local temples was urged, religious festivals were conducted, and the name of the God King was suppressed. The factors that made those things possible may be classified as follows. When local temples were erected (as a sort of investment in infrastructure) a settlement of residents was formed around the temple, rice fields were cultivated on a self-financing basis, and village life became steadied and sustained. In this way large regional bases were formed, having wide arable land areas and populations. Local development progressed purposefully, with hospitals opened in 102 locations (1186), rest houses set up in 121 locations (1191), and so on. People and objects began to intermingle due to the expansion and extension of roads around well-known temples, and in rural areas, miscellaneous goods related to everyday life that were produced as a side business were brought in, such as ceramics, specific medicines, craft products, stately equipment, textiles and so on. Embankment roads with stone bridges were developed for each region, and as a result the five regional subordinate castle cities were linked to the Angkor capital city. There was a highway that connected five major bases, with the Angkor capital city in the center. On that extension, the Bay of Bengal, the distribution channel for goods that extended to the South China Sea, and the all-weather embankment road, were linked. Goods were transported and delivered from the directions of India and China. The elite army of the Angkor dynasty (that is the battle maps, elephant armies, and so on as observed in temple relief diagrams), were deployed in the vicinity of
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