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The people of Chenla, whose base was Champassak in about 550, established their capital city at Isanapura (Sambhupura) by about 600. [35] According to Paul Pelliot, Sambhupura was the capital of Land Chenla (Upper Chenla) and Vyadhapura was the capital of Water Chenla (Lower Chenla). [1]
According to Paul Pelliot, Sambhupura was the capital of Land Chenla (Upper Chenla). [3] Today, the site of old Isanapura contains the ruins of 150 temples and buildings, which are a few centuries older than that of the Khmer Empire around Angkor Wat. During the Vietnam War, some of these temples were completely destroyed by US bombers.
Queen Nrpendradevi married her cousin and nephew, her brother's son prince Rajendravarman I of Chenla, and became the mother of queen Jayendrabhā, who succeeded her on the throne. [1] Also, Mahipativarman was the son of Rajendravarman I and her. [1] Rajendravarman I, the ruler of Lower Chenla, [2] became King consort of Sambhupura by marrying ...
The Khmer Empire was preceded by Chenla, a polity with shifting centres of power, which was split into Land Chenla and Water Chenla in the early 8th century. [77] By the late 8th century Water Chenla was absorbed by the Malays of the Srivijaya Empire and the Javanese of the Shailandra Empire and eventually incorporated into Java and Srivijaya. [74]
Land Chenla maintained a relatively stable existence, but Water Chenla underwent a period of constant turbulence, partly because of attacks from the sea by the Javanese and others. The Sailendra dynasty in Java actively tried to establish control on Water Chenla territories and eventually forced the kingdom to vassal status. The last of the ...
Land Chenla was known to the Chinese as "Po Lou" or "Wen Dan" and dispatched a trade mission to the Tang dynasty court in 717 CE. Water Chenla, would come under repeated attack from Champa, the Mataram sea kingdoms in Indonesia based in Java, and finally pirates. From the instability the Khmer emerged.
Female successors of Upper Chenla (Land Chenla) 11 Queen Indrani: Indrani c.713–760 12 Queen Nṛpatendradevī: Nrpatendradevi c.760–780 13 Queen Jayendrabhā: Jayendrabha c.780–802 14 Queen Jyeṣṭhāryā: Jyestharya c.802–803 Male successors of Lower Chenla (Water Chenla) 11 Pushkaraksha Pushkaraksha c.713–730 12 Shambhuvarman
Because inscriptions, dated between 681 and 713, don't name a sovereign and Chinese records state that the kingdom split into Land Chenla and Water Chenla after 707. [ 1 ] In 713, she left an inscription at Angkor in which she laments the bad times of the kingdom, and mention the donation she made to the sanctuary of Siva Tripurankata , which ...