According to inscription on the stele of
Sdok Kok Thom, Indrapura () or Amarendrapura () was the first capital of
Jayavarman II
Jayavarman II (; – 850, reigned –850) was a Khmer prince who founded and became the ruler of the Khmer Empire (Cambodia) after unifying the Khmer civilization. The Khmer Empire was the dominant civilization in mainland Southeast Asia from t ...
reign about 781, before the foundation of
Khmer Empire
The Khmer Empire was an empire in Southeast Asia, centered on Hydraulic empire, hydraulic cities in what is now northern Cambodia. Known as Kambuja (; ) by its inhabitants, it grew out of the former civilization of Chenla and lasted from 802 t ...
in 802.
Location
George Coedes
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and
Claude Jacques identified it with
Banteay Prei Nokor,
near
Kompong Cham,
Cambodia
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, while
Michael Vickery
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Vickery was born on April 1, 1931, in Billings, Montana.
After acquirin ...
assumes it was closer to
Kompong Thom. Some scholars have proposed
Ak Yum as the center of Amarendrapura.
Footnotes
References
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Archaeological sites in Cambodia
Former populated places in Cambodia
1st millennium in Cambodia
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