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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 ...

's son and successor, Jayavarman III (), or Vishnuloka, the second ruler of Angkor. The future Khmer king,

Yasovarman I Yasovarman I () was an Angkorian king who reigned in 889–910 CE. He was called " Leper King". Early years Yasovarman was a son of King Indravarman I and his wife Indradevi. Yasovarman was said to be a wrestler. Inscriptions say he was capa ...

, claimed to be related to the brother of Jayavarman III's grandmother, Rudravarman. An inscription from Prasat Sak describes: "When he failed to capture a wild elephant while hunting, a divinity promised that he would secure the animal if he built a sanctuary." There are some temples dated to his reign though none said that they belonged to him. He may have begun a small construction project which was overshadowed by his more ambitious successor and builder,

Indravarman I Indravarman I () was a ruler of Khmer Empire who reigned from Hariharalaya between 877/78 and 889/890 CE. Indravarman's ancestors According to the inscriptions of the Práḥ Kô temple, consecrated on Monday, 25 January 880 AD (Foundation ste ...

. He died in 877 probably from chasing a wild elephant.Briggs, ''The Ancient Khmer Empire'' p. 97

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*Briggs, Lawrence Palmer. ''The Ancient Khmer Empire''. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 1951. *Higham, Charles. ''The Civilization of Angkor''. University of California Press, 2001. 9th-century Cambodian monarchs Hindu monarchs Khmer kings 877 deaths {{Cambodia-royal-stub