Ishanavarman II ( km, ឦសានវរ្ម័នទី២) was an

Angkorian Khmer architecture ( km, ស្ថាបត្យកម្មខ្មែរ), also known as Angkorian architecture ( km, ស្ថាបត្យកម្មសម័យអង្គរ), is the architecture produced by the Khmers during the Ang ...

king who is believed to have ruled from 923 to 928. His empire may have been confined to

Angkor Angkor ( km, អង្គរ , 'Capital city'), also known as Yasodharapura ( km, យសោធរបុរៈ; sa, यशोधरपुर),Headly, Robert K.; Chhor, Kylin; Lim, Lam Kheng; Kheang, Lim Hak; Chun, Chen. 1977. ''Cambodian-Engl ...

and the area around

Battambang Battambang ( km, បាត់ដំបង, UNGEGN: ) is the capital of Battambang Province and the third largest city in Cambodia. Founded in the 11th century by the Khmer Empire, Battambang is the leading rice-producing province of the coun ...

to the west.

Family

Ishanavarman was a son of King Yasovarman and his wife, who was a sister of

Jayavarman IV Jeyavarman IV ( km, ជ័យវរ្ម័នទី៤) was an Angkorian king who ruled from 928 to 941 CE. Many early historians thought that he was a usurper. However, recent evidence shows that he had a legitimate claim to the throne. During h ...

. Grandparents of Ishanavarman were

Indravarman I Indravarman I ( km, ឥន្រ្ទវរ្ម័នទី១) was a ruler of Khmer Empire who reigned from Hariharalaya between 877/78 and 889/890 CE. Indravarman's ancestors According to the inscriptions of the Práḥ Kô temple, consec ...

and his wife Indradevi. Ishanavarman had an elder brother,

Harshavarman I Harshavarman I ( km, ហស៌វរ្ម័នទី១; or Rudraloka, died in 923) was an Angkorian king who reigned in 910–923 CE. He is mentioned by David P. Chandler, who is one of the foremost western scholars of Cambodia's modern histo ...

Biography

Ishanavarman succeeded his dead brother in 923. The period of his reign may have been very tumultuous and chaotic. In 921, his uncle,

, had already set up a rival city about 100 km north-east of Angkor. During Ishanavarman’s reign, a temple called Prasat Kravan was built. Nothing else is known about Ishanavarman II. He died in 928 and received a posthumous name of Paramarudraloka.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ishanavarman Ii 10th-century Cambodian monarchs Khmer Empire Year of birth unknown 928 deaths