Yasodharapura

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Yasodharapura was the principal royal city of the Khmer Empire, centered around Angkor and serving as a major political and religious hub in medieval Southeast Asia.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Yasodharapura canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former capital ⓘ
historical city ⓘ
archaeologicalSite Angkor archaeological park ⓘ
associatedWith Angkor Thom ⓘ
Angkor Wat ⓘ
Khmer kings ⓘ
linked to: Khmer monarchy
centeredAround Angkor ⓘ
civilization Khmer civilization ⓘ
linked to: Khmer Empire
continent Asia ⓘ
country Khmer Empire ⓘ
culturalInfluenceFrom India ⓘ
Mon-Dvaravati traditions ⓘ
culturalSphere Indic cultural sphere ⓘ
decline late medieval period ⓘ
economyBasedOn regional trade ⓘ
wet-rice agriculture ⓘ
era Angkorian period ⓘ
linked to: Khmer Empire
flourishedIn medieval period ⓘ
heritageStatus part of Angkor UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
knownFor barays (reservoirs) ⓘ
elaborate hydraulic infrastructure ⓘ
monumental temple architecture ⓘ
temple-mountains ⓘ
language Old Khmer ⓘ
linkedTo Tonle Sap Lake ⓘ
linked to: Tonlé Sap Lake
locatedIn Angkor region ⓘ
present-day Cambodia ⓘ
modernCountry Cambodia ⓘ
partOf Angkor urban complex ⓘ
politicalFunction administrative center of the Khmer Empire ⓘ
seat of the Khmer royal court ⓘ
region Southeast Asia ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
Mahayana Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Mahayana

Theravada Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Theravada
religiousFunction center of state cults ⓘ
site of royal temple foundations ⓘ
role political center of the Khmer Empire ⓘ
principal royal city of the Khmer Empire ⓘ
religious center of the Khmer Empire ⓘ
script Khmer script ⓘ
successor Phnom Penh as later Cambodian capital ⓘ
urbanType low-density urban complex ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Khmer Empire → capital → Yasodharapura ⓘ
Yasovarman I → capitalFounded → Yasodharapura ⓘ
Yasovarman I → seatOfPower → Yasodharapura ⓘ