Jaya Indravarman III ( 1106–1145, r. 1139–1145) was a king of

Champa Champa (Cham: ꨌꩌꨛꨩ; km, ចាម្ប៉ា; vi, Chiêm Thành or ) were a collection of independent Cham polities that extended across the coast of what is contemporary central and southern Vietnam from approximately the 2nd cen ...

during the middle of the 12th century. Harivarman V was an heirless king, so he abdicated in 1129. His adopted son, Jaya Indravarman III, was nominated for the Crown Prince of Champa in 1133. In 1131 he was convinced by

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 ...

ruler

Suryavarman II Suryavarman II ( km, សូរ្យវរ្ម័នទី២), posthumously named Paramavishnuloka, was a Khmer king from 1113 AD to 1145/1150 AD and the builder of Angkor Wat, the largest religious monument in the world which he dedicated t ...

to attack

Dai Viet Dai may refer to: Names * Dai (given name), a Welsh or Japanese masculine given name * Dai (surname) (戴), a Chinese surname Places and regimes * Dai Commandery, a commandery of the state of Zhao and in early imperial China * Dai County, in Xinz ...

, seizing three provinces in 1132. In 1139, he ascended as king of mandala Champa. Not so much information was known about his ruling years, but he left elaboration in Thap Mam style in Binh Dinh, building temples and endowments at

My Son My or MY may refer to: Arts and entertainment * My (radio station), a Malaysian radio station * Little My, a fictional character in the Moomins universe * ''My'' (album), by Edyta Górniak * ''My'' (EP), by Cho Mi-yeon Business * Mar ...

sanctuaries in Quang Nam in 1140, and made an eulogy for Lady Po Yang Ino Nagar at the

Po Nagar Po Nagar is a Cham temple tower founded sometime before 781 and located in the medieval principality of Kauthara, near modern Nha Trang in Vietnam. It is dedicated to Yan Po Nagar, the goddess of the country, who came to be identified with the ...

temple in

Nha Trang Nha Trang ( or ; ) is a coastal city and capital of Khánh Hòa Province, on the South Central Coast of Vietnam. It is bounded on the north by Ninh Hòa District, Ninh Hoà town, on the south by Cam Ranh city and on the west by Diên Khánh Distri ...

three years later. Because Indravarman had facilitated a peace deal with the

and refused to join with Khmer Empire's wasteful campaigns against Dai Viet, the Khmer chose to invade his kingdom instead. In 1145,

led an invasion of Champa, which unlike his previous disastrous campaigns, that one was a success. The Khmer army captured the Cham capital of

Vijaya Vijaya may refer to: Places * Vijaya (Champa), a city-state and former capital of the historic Champa in what is now Vietnam * Vijayawada, a city in Andhra Pradesh, India People * Prince Vijaya of Sri Lanka (fl. 543–505 BC), earliest recorde ...

, ransacking it, and destroyed temples at My Son. The Khmer Empire had undermined the Cham king, and deposed him. Indravarman disappeared amidst the chaos of war, either killed or captured by the Khmer, as Maspero anticipates.

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