This library is one of the four in the complex of Angkor Wat. After entering the complex trough the entry tower we passed a library building on the left and one on the right side in excellent condition after a renovation from the Japanese Delegation.
Most likely the library functioned broadly as a religious shrine rather than strictly as repositories of manuscripts.
Freestanding buildings, they were normally placed in pairs on either side of the entrance to an enclosure, opening to the west.