Paramabhodhisatva was a

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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 ...

, reigning from 1081 to 1086. He usurped power from his nine-year-old nephew

Jaya Indravarman II Jaya Indravarman II or Prince Vak (1071–1113), was a king of Champa, ruling the kingdom for two periods, from 1080 to 1081, and from 1086 to until his death in 1113. Young Prince Vak was enthroned in 1080 by his father Harivarman IV as a nine-y ...

in 1081 shortly after his succession. Prince Pāñg was born into a noble family of both northern and southern Cham ancestry. Pāñg and his brother Prince Thäng (

Harivarman IV Harivarman IV or Prince Thäng (?–1081), Sanskrit name Vishnumürti, was the ruling king of Champa from 1074 to 1080. His father was a noble belonging to the Coconut clan (northern tribes), and his mother was a member of the Areca clan (southe ...

) was adventuring into a Cham civil war that had been lasting for 16 years.

Rudravarman III Rudravarman III (Chinese: 施里律律茶盤麻帝楊溥; pinyin: ''Shīlǐ Lülǜchápánmádì Yáng Pǔ'') was a medieval king of Champa, ruled the kingdom from 1062 to 1069/1074. Rudravarman III was a grandson of king Jaya Paramesvaravarman I ...

(r. 1062–1074) reigned like a tyrant king. According to Paramabhodhisatva, Rudravarman was taken away from the capital by rebels. The country then descended into chaos with more than 10 guys declared themselves King of Champa and they fought against each other. The kingdom was devastated. Prince Pāñg faced a self-proclaimed ruler of

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and defeated him at battle. After spending years building up effort and fighting off other warlord factions, the two brothers reunified the realm by 1074. Prince Thäng was crowned

of Champa. In 1076, Prince Pāñg was commissioned to repulse a

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invasion. He captured the Khmer prince Nandavarmadeva at the

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. The Cham then counterattacked and raided all Khmer cities in the east bank of the

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. When Harivarman retired in 1080, his nine-year-old son Prince Väk was designated as heir. The inexperienced young

, "did not know how to govern the kingdom properly and did everything contrary to the rules of the government", was deposed by his uncle and chief regent, Prince Pāñg after being incumbent for around one month. Prince Pāñg now ruled with no opposition. He entitled himself Śrī Paramabhodhisatva as a devout Buddhist, and ''Putau ekacchatra'' ("unique king" who enjoying the magnificent of royal richness). Relation between Champa and the

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temporarily absented during his reign. In 1084, Paramabhodhisatva and his family gave royal splendors to the temple of

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 ...

. His gifts included elephants, electrum ornaments, sea jewelries, and precious stones. Princess Garbhalakśmi, Paramabhodhisatva's eldest sister, gave to the Goddess of Po Nagar pure gold. In 1086, he was dethroned by

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