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Baphuon The Baphuon () is a temple at Angkor, Cambodia. It is located in Angkor Thom, northwest of the Bayon. Also called "golden mountain" (svarnādrī), the Baphuon is built on an artificial hill. The temple was originally dedicated to Shiva and late ...

, built by his brother, and

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as its principal bàrày. He was married to queen Kambujarajalakshmi. His reign was upset by internal rebellions that finally he was not able to battle out. So Harshavarman III was the last ruler of his dynasty. His successor, Jayavarman VI, was an usurper who came from Phimai area, on the

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, in present-day

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. Harshavarman received the posthumous name of ''Sadaśivapada''. He was named in stele K.908 at

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as a maternal ancestor of

Jayavarman VII Jayavarman VII (), known posthumously as Mahaparamasaugata (, c. 1122–1218), was king of the Khmer Empire. He was the son of King Dharanindravarman II (r. 1150–1160) and Queen Sri Jayarajacudamani. He was the first king devoted to Buddhism, ...

, even if a long dispute rose out of this issue. Between 1074 and 1080, the kingdom had to undergo the invasion by the

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Prince Pang, a younger brother of the Champa king Harivarman IV, and himself the future king Paramabodhisattva. Sambhupra temples were destroyed and the inhabitants were taken into slavery to

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, including the prince Sri Nandavarmadeva.Maspero, G., 2002, The Champa Kingdom, Bangkok: White Lotus Co., Ltd., In 1076, Cambodia and Champa were driven by the Song Chinese in an attack against the

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. The defeat of the Chinese army from

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brought before the retirement of its allies.

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