Jayavarman II

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Jayavarman II was a 9th-century Khmer king credited with unifying Cambodia and initiating the Angkorian era of the Khmer Empire.

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Label Occurrences
Jayavarman II canonical 4

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Khmer king ⓘ
founder of state ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
associatedReligionConcept devaraja cult on Mount Kulen ⓘ
associatedWithLocation Angkor region ⓘ
Mount Kulen ⓘ
birthDate unknown ⓘ
birthPlace likely in pre-Angkorian Cambodia ⓘ
capitalEstablishedAt Hariharalaya ⓘ
Mahendraparvata ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 9th century ⓘ
country Khmer Empire ⓘ
culturalContext Indic-influenced mainland Southeast Asian polity ⓘ
culturalContribution established the devaraja (god-king) cult ⓘ
promoted royal Hindu temple foundations ⓘ
deathDate c. 835 ⓘ
deathPlace likely in the Angkor region ⓘ
dynasty early Angkorian rulers ⓘ
ethnicGroup Khmer ⓘ
governmentForm divine kingship ⓘ
historicalEra early Angkor period ⓘ
pre-classic Angkorian era ⓘ
inscriptionEvidence Sdok Kak Thom inscription ⓘ
languageOfCourt Old Khmer ⓘ
legacy considered founder of the Angkorian Khmer Empire ⓘ
laid foundations for later Angkorian kings such as Suryavarman II and Jayavarman VII ⓘ
militaryAction consolidation of surrounding principalities ⓘ
name Jayavarman II ⓘ
notableFor founding the Khmer Empire as a unified state ⓘ
initiating the Angkorian era ⓘ
unifying Cambodia ⓘ
occupation king ⓘ
placeOfRule Cambodia ⓘ
mainland Southeast Asia ⓘ
politicalAction centralized power over multiple Khmer polities ⓘ
ended Javanese suzerainty over Khmer territories (according to inscriptions) ⓘ
positionHeld King of Cambodia ⓘ
King of the Khmer ⓘ
linked to: King of Cambodia
predecessor various pre-Angkorian local chieftains ⓘ
region Southeast Asia ⓘ
reignEnd c. 835 ⓘ
reignStart c. 802 ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
religiousTradition Shaivism ⓘ
sourceType known primarily from stone inscriptions ⓘ
successor Jayavarman III ⓘ
title chakravartin ⓘ
universal monarch ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Khmer Empire → foundedBy → Jayavarman II ⓘ
Khmer Empire → notableRuler → Jayavarman II ⓘ
Preah Ko → builtFor → Jayavarman II ⓘ
Jayavarman II → name → Jayavarman II ⓘ