Udayadityavarman II ( km, ឧទ័យាទិត្យវរ្ម័នទី២) ruled the
Angkor Kingdom from 1050 to 1066
A.D.
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He was the successor of
Suryavarman I but not his son; he descended from
Yasovarman I
Yasovarman I ( km, ព្រះបាទយសោវរ្ម័នទី១) was an Angkorian king who reigned in 889–910 CE. He was called " Leper King".
Early years
Yasovarman was a son of King Indravarman I and his wife Indradevi.
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's spouse.
He built the
Baphuon Temple to honor the god
Shiva
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, but some of the sculptures are dedicated to
Buddha
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. He also completed the construction of the
West Baray reservoir
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and built the
West Mebon, a raised-earth island in the center.
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During his reign, several attempted rebellions, in 1051 and 1065, were crushed by his general Sangrama Sangrama was the general of King Udayadityavarman II of the Khmer Empire in what is now Cambodia.Higham, C., 2001, The Civilization of Angkor, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Higham, C., 2014, Early Mainland Southeast Asia, Bangkok: River Books Co., ...
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The Sdok Kak Thom temple, located near the present day Thai town of Aranyaprathet, was also constructed during his reign. The temple is perhaps most famous as the discovery site of a detailed inscription recounting the sequence of previous Khmer kings. The inscription stele is now part of the collection of the national museum in ]Bangkok
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.
He was succeeded by his younger brother Harshavarman III.[
]
References
* History of Cambodia
Accessed June 7, 2004.
11th-century Cambodian monarchs
Khmer Empire
Hindu monarchs
Cambodian Hindus
1066 deaths
Year of birth unknown
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