Welcome to Riverside Bistro, here you'll find a range of curiosities and antiques from South East Asia and China as well as French Indochinese artifacts. Conveniently located on the riverfront you are welcome to come in and browse through are collection of South East Asian Antiques and Art. We also collect a range of French Indochinese artifacts.
HISTORY OF CAMBODIA
The Funan Kingdom, believed to have started around the first century BC, is the first known Kingdom of Cambodia. The kingdom was strongly influenced by Indian culture by shaping the culture, art and political system.
Here also began the great achievements in architecture and sculpture while their successors built an immense irrigation system around Angkor. Their successors (26 from the early 9th to the early 15th century), built a tremendous number of temples - of which there are over a thousand sites and stone inscriptions (on temple walls).
By the 12th century, Cambodia had spread into other areas, now known as Thailand, Laos, Myanmar and Malaysia (the peninsula). There is actually still evidence of Khmer inhabitance in Thailand and Laos to this day.