Indrapura (Khmer) – Wikipedia

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The last capital of the Lower Chenla

Indrapura

ឥន្ទ្របុរៈ
Indrapura is located in Cambodia

Indrapura

Location in Cambodia
Alternative name Amarendrapura (អមរិន្ទ្របុរៈ)
Location Kampong Cham, Cambodia
Region Southeast Asia
Coordinates

12°00′05″N 105°26′55″E / 12.0014°N 105.4485°E / 12.0014; 105.4485
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]

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Footnotes[edit]

  1. ^

    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.

  2. ^ Higham 1989, p.324ff
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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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