According to inscription on the stele of

Sdok Kok Thom Sdok Kok Thom ( th, สด๊กก๊อกธม, ''Sadok Kok Thom'', ; km, ស្តុកកក់ធំ, ), or Sdok Kak Thom, is an 11th-century Khmer temple in present-day Thailand, located about northeast of the Thai border town of Arany ...

, Indrapura or Amarendrapura was the first capital of

Jayavarman II Jayavarman II ( km, ជ័យវរ្ម័នទី២; c. 770 – 850) (reigned c. 802–850) was a Khmer prince who founded and became the ruler of the Khmer Empire (Cambodia) after unifying the Khmer civilization. The Khmer Empire was the ...

reign about 781, before the foundation of Khmer Empire in 802. George Coedes and

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identified it with

Banteay Prei Nokor Banteay Prei Nokor ( km, បន្ទាយព្រៃនគរ) is an ancient temple complex in the northwest of Kompong Cham, Cambodia. Known locally as temple of "Wat Nokor in Khum of Kompong Siem", or "Wat Angkor", around 2km from the pro ...

, near Kompong Cham,

Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand ...

, while

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assumes it was closer to Kompong Thom. Some scholars have proposed

Ak Yum Ak Yum ( km, អកយំ, ) is an ancient temple in the Angkor region of Cambodia.Higham, C., 2014, Early Mainland Southeast Asia, Bangkok: River Books Co., Ltd., Helen Jessup dates the temple to the 8th century, and states it is the oldest kn ...

as the center of Amarendrapura.

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* Archaeological sites in Cambodia Former populated places in Cambodia 1st millennium in Cambodia {{Cambodia-hist-stub