Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Jayavarman VII built 121 "houses with fire" rest houses built every fifteen kilometers along raised highways for travellers, and 102 hospitals. His was the " Buddhism of the Greater Vehicle ". However, Brahmans continued to play a "role at court", with Hrishikesa being made chief priest, with the title Jayamahapradhana.
Angkor scholar George Coedès has theorized that Jayavarman VII stood squarely in the tradition of the Khmer monarchs in thinking of himself as a devaraja (god-king), the difference being that while his predecessors were Hindus and associated themselves with Brahma and his symbol the, chaturmukha (four faces), Jayavarman VII was a Buddhist. [9]
Angkor Thom was established as the capital of Jayavarman VII's empire and was the centre of his massive building program. One inscription found in the city refers to Jayavarman as the groom and the city as his bride. [4]: 121 Angkor Thom seems not to be the first Khmer capital on the site, however.
Jayavarman IV, ruled c. 928–941; Jayavarman V, ruled c. 968–1001; Jayavarman VI, ruled c. 1090–1107; Jayavarman VII, ruled 1181–1219; Jayavarman VIII, ruled 1243–1295; Kings of central India: Jayavarman (Chandela dynasty), ruled c. 1110-1120; Jayavarman I (Paramara dynasty), ruled c. 1142-43; Jayavarman II (Paramara dynasty), ruled c ...
In 1190, the Khmer king Jayavarman VII appointed a Cham prince named Vidyanandana, who had defected to Jayavarman in 1182 and had been educated at Angkor, to lead the Khmer army. Vidyanandana defeated the Chams, and proceeded to occupy Vijaya and captured Jaya Indravarman IV, whom he sent back to Angkor as a prisoner.
Jayavarman VII died. He was succeeded by Indravarman II. 1238: Two Thai chieftains in the city of Sukhothai declared the establishment of the Sukhothai Kingdom and its independence from Angkorian dominion. 1243: Indravarman II died. Jayavarman VIII succeeded him. 1283: Jayavarman VIII agreed to pay tribute to the Mongol Empire in lieu of ...
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Pages for logged out editors learn more
Jayavarman VII stands as the last of the great kings of Angkor, not only because of his successful military campaign against Champa, but also because he was not a tyrannical ruler in the manner of his immediate predecessors. [citation needed] He unified the empire and carried out noteworthy building projects.