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Chenla or Zhenla (Chinese: 真臘; pinyin: Zhēnlà; Wade–Giles: Chen-la; Khmer: ចេនឡា, romanized: Chénla, Khmer pronunciation:; Vietnamese: Chân Lạp) is the Chinese designation for the vassal of the kingdom of Funan [1] preceding the Khmer Empire that existed from around the late 6th to the early 9th century in Indochina.
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.
In the 8th century, however, factional disputes at the Chenla court resulted in the splitting of the kingdom into rival northern and southern halves. According to Chinese chronicles, the two parts were known as Land Chenla (or Upper Chenla) and Water Chenla (or Lower Chenla). Land Chenla maintained a relatively stable existence, but Water ...
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 ...
Indrani (8th-century), was a queen regnant of Sambhupura Chenla in Cambodia. [1] She was also the queen of Pushkaraksha , the king of Lower Chenla. Indrani was the heiress of the Sambhupura polity in Cambodia. She married Pushkaraksha (also known as Indraloka), who was possibly the successor and son of queen Jayadevi.
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 ...
Jyestha or Jyeṣṭhāryā (9th-century), was a queen regnant of Sambhupura Chenla in Cambodia. [1]She was the daughter of queen Jayaendra[valla]bha or Jayendrabhā of Sambhupura and king Jayavarman II, and half sister of king Jayavarman III, who was the son of Jayavarman II by Dharanindradevi.
Funan disappears from history in the 7th century. The successor state, Chenla, is first mentioned in the Chinese Sui History as a Funan vassal. In the 8th century factional disputes at the Chenla court resulted in the splitting of the kingdom into rival northern and southern halves known as Land (or Upper) Chenla and Water (or Lower) Chenla.