Ponhea Yat ( km, ពញាយ៉ាត ; c. 1390 – 1463), also known as Borom Reachea II ( km, បរមរាជាទី២ ; th, บรมราชาธิราช, ), was the last king of the Khmer Empire and the first king of

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. Ponhea Yat complained to the

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in 1408 and 1414 of raids by the

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King

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.Maspero, G., 2002, The Champa Kingdom, Bangkok: White Lotus Co., Ltd., He dispatched

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to visit China. He was forced to flee Yasodharapura in 1431 as it was indefensible against attack by the Siamese, resettling first in Basan (Srey Santhor), but after it became flooded, fled to

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(now part of

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). In Phnom Penh, the king ordered the land to be built up to protect it from flooding, and a palace to be built. During his reign he also ordered the construction of six

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around the city, and his remains are housed in a

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behind the

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. King Ponhea Yat was succeeded on his death by his first son Noreay Reachea, who reigned until 1469 and who was succeeded in turn by Ponhea Yat's second son, Srey Reachea. Pagoda of Wat Phnom

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Yat, Ponhea 15th-century Cambodian monarchs Cambodian Buddhist monarchs Khmer Empire 1394 births 1463 deaths

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