Jayavarman VI ( ) was king of the

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 ...

from about 1080 to 1107 AD.

History

During the reigns of

Udayadityavarman II Udayadityavarman II () ruled the Angkor Kingdom from 1050 to 1066 A.D. He was the successor of Suryavarman I but not his son; he descended from Yasovarman I's spouse. He built the Baphuon Temple to honor the god Shiva, but some of the sculpture ...

and

Harshavarman III Harshavarman III () was a king of Khmer who ruled from 1066 to about 1080 AD. He succeeded his elder brother Udayadityavarman IIHigham, C., 2014, Early Mainland Southeast Asia, Bangkok: River Books Co., Ltd., and his capital was the so-called ' ...

there were some internal rebellions and an unsuccessful war with

Champa Champa (Cham language, Cham: ꨌꩌꨛꨩ, چمڤا; ; 占城 or 占婆) was a collection of independent Chams, Cham Polity, polities that extended across the coast of what is present-day Central Vietnam, central and southern Vietnam from ...

. Maybe the last one continued to reign in

Angkor Angkor ( , 'capital city'), also known as Yasodharapura (; ),Headly, Robert K.; Chhor, Kylin; Lim, Lam Kheng; Kheang, Lim Hak; Chun, Chen. 1977. ''Cambodian-English Dictionary''. Bureau of Special Research in Modern Languages. The Catholic Uni ...

during a revolt which finally brought to power the following official King, Jayavarman VI, probably a vassal prince.Higham, C., 2014, Early Mainland Southeast Asia, Bangkok: River Books Co., Ltd., Coming from

Phimai Phimai () is a township (''thesaban tambon'') in Nakhon Ratchasima Province in northeast Thailand. As of 2005 the town had a population of 9,768. The town is the administrative center of the Phimai District. In the aftermath of the fall of the ...

area, in Mun River Valley, he appears as an usurper and the founder of a new dynasty, the

Mahidharapura Mahidharapura Dynasty ( Khmer: រាជវង្សមហិធរៈបុរៈ; Thai: ''ราชวงศ์มหิธรปุระ;'' Roman: ''House of Mahidharapura'', ''Mahidra-pura'') was a Khom dynasty. Some sources call it the M ...

, from the name of his family's ancestral home. In inscriptions at the beginning of his reign, he claimed to be a descendant of the mythical couple of prince Sage Kambu Swayambhuva and his sister (and wife) ''Mera'', Jacobsen, 2008, pp.46-60 rather than having real ancestors of royal lineage. Jayavarman VI was probably engaged for several years in strife against those who remained loyal to the legitimate line of

and his heir Nripatindravarman which may have reigned in Angkor until 1113. However, he is generally given credit for the construction of

temple. He was succeeded by his elder brother,

Dharanindravarman I Dharanindravarman I () was a king of the Khmer Empire, reigning from 1107 AD to 1113 AD. He ascended to the throne following the death of his younger brother, Jayavarman VI.Higham, C., 2001, The Civilization of Angkor, London: Weidenfeld & Nicols ...

, and received as posthumous name ''Paramakaivalyapada''.

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