Indrapura (Khmer) – Wikipedia
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The last capital of the Lower Chenla
ឥន្ទ្របុរៈ |
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Location in Cambodia |
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Alternative name | Amarendrapura (អមរិន្ទ្របុរៈ) |
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Location | Kampong Cham, Cambodia |
Region | Southeast Asia |
Coordinates | |
History | |
Builder | Jayavarman II |
Founded | 781 AD |
Abandoned | late 8th century AD |
Periods | Middle Ages |
Site notes | |
Condition | restored and ruined |
Public access | Yes |
Architecture | |
Architectural styles | Banteay Prei Nokor |
According to inscription on the stele of Sdok Kok Thom, Indrapura (Khmer: ឥន្ទ្របុរៈ, Thai: อินทรปุระ) or Amarendrapura (Khmer: អមរិន្ទ្របុរៈ, Thai: อมเรนทรปุระ) was the first capital of Jayavarman II reign about 781, before the foundation of Khmer Empire in 802.
Location[edit]
George Coedes and Claude Jacques identified it with Banteay Prei Nokor,[1]: 98 near Kompong Cham,[2]Cambodia, while Michael Vickery assumes it was closer to Kompong Thom.[3] Some scholars have proposed Ak Yum as the center of Amarendrapura. [4]
Footnotes[edit]
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Coedès, George (1968). Walter F. Vella (ed.). The Indianized States of Southeast Asia. trans.Susan Brown Cowing. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-0368-1.
- ^ Higham 1989, p.324ff
- ^ Vickery, Michael (July 2001). “Resolving the Chronology and History of 9th century Cambodia” (PDF). Center for Khmer Studies – Siksacakr No 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-08-20. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
- ^ Anello, Barbara (2020). “Photographs of Khmer Sites and Monuments”. JSTOR.
References[edit]
- Higham, Charles (1989). The archaeology of Mainland Southeast Asia. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-27525-3.
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