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Khmer Empire

Khmer Empire

Timeline

802   Jayavarman II declares the Khmer independent and establishes the kingdom of Angkor.

854   Jayavarman III succeeds his father Jayavarman II as ruler of the Khmer Empire.

877   Indravarman II succeeds Jayavarman III as ruler of the Khmer Empire.

889   Yasovarman I succeeds Indravarman II as ruler of the Khmer empire.

928   Jayavarman IV succeeds Isanavarman II in Khmer Empire, and moves the capital north from Angkor to Koh Ker.

1001   Khmer king Jayavarman V is succeeded by Udayadityavarman I and/or Suryavarman I.

1113   Suryavarman I's reign begins in the Khmer Empire

1160   Yasovarman II succeeds his uncle Dharanindravarman as ruler of the Khmer Empire. Dharanindravarman's son Jayavarman, acquieses to his cousin's succession and goes into exile in neighboring Champa.

1181   Jayavarman VII assumes control of the Khmer kingdom.

1238   The Khmers are expelled from Luang Phrabang in Laos.

1283   Kublai Khan's Mongol Empire invades the Khmer empire of present-day Cambodia; King Jayavarman VIII decides to pay tribute rather than fight the invasion, buying peace and preserving the empire.

1295   Jayavarman VIII of the Khmer Empire in Cambodia abdicates.