Harshavarman III ( km, ហស៌វរ្ម័នទី៣) was a king of Khmer who ruled from 1066 to about 1080 AD. He succeeded his elder brother

Udayadityavarman II Udayadityavarman II ( km, ឧទ័យាទិត្យវរ្ម័នទី២) ruled the Angkor Kingdom from 1050 to 1066 A.D. He was the successor of Suryavarman I but not his son; he descended from Yasovarman I's spouse. He built the B ...

Higham, C., 2014, Early Mainland Southeast Asia, Bangkok: River Books Co., Ltd., and his capital was the so-called ''Second Yasodharapura'', which had its center in

Baphuon The Baphuon ( km, ប្រាសាទបាពួន) is a temple at Angkor, Cambodia. It is located in Angkor Thom, northwest of the Bayon. It is Bhuddha Vihar History Built in the mid-11th century, it is a three-tiered temple mountain b ...

, built by his brother, and

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as its principal bàrày. He was married to queen Kambujarajalakshmi. His reign was upset by internal rebellions that finally he was not able to battle out. So Harshavarman III was the last ruler of his dynasty. His successor,

Jayavarman VI Jayavarman VI ( km, ជ័យវរ្ម័នទី៦) was king of the Khmer Empire from about 1080 to 1107 AD. During the reigns of Udayadityavarman II and Harshavarman III there were some internal rebellions and an unsuccessful war wi ...

, was an usurper who came from

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area, on the

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, in present-day

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. Harshavarman received the posthumous name of ''Sadaśivapada''. He was named in stele K.908 at Preah Khan as a maternal ancestor of

Jayavarman VII Jayavarman VII, posthumous name of Mahaparamasaugata ( km, ជ័យវរ្ម័នទី៧, c. 1122–1218), was king of the Khmer Empire. He was the son of King Dharanindravarman II (r. 1150–1160) and Queen Sri Jayarajacudamani. He was ...

, even if a long dispute rose out of this issue. Between 1074 and 1080, the kingdom had to undergo the invasion by the

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Prince Pang, a younger brother of the Champa king

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, and himself the future king Paramabodhisattva. Sambhupra temples were destroyed and the inhabitants were taken into slavery to

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, including the prince Sri Nandavarmadeva.Maspero, G., 2002, The Champa Kingdom, Bangkok: White Lotus Co., Ltd., In 1076, Cambodia and Champa were driven by the Song Chinese in an attack against the

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. The defeat of the Chinese army from

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brought before the retirement of its allies.

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