Srutavarman (; , ) was the first king of

Chenla Chenla or Zhenla ( zh, t=真臘, s=, 真腊, p=Zhēnlà, w=Chen-la; , ; ) is the Chinese designation for the vassal of the kingdom of Funan preceding the Khmer Empire that existed from around the late 6th to the early 9th century in Indochina. ...

Biography

King Srutavarman freed Kambuja “Chenla” from the domination of

Funan Funan (; , ; , Chữ Hán: ; ) was the name given by Chinese cartographers, geographers and writers to an ancient Khmer-Mon Indianized state—or, rather a loose network of states ''( Mandala)''—located in Mainland Southeast Asia covering ...

in the 5th century. He descended from the House of Kambuj founded by Bramin, Kambu Svayambhuva and

Apsara Apsaras (, , Khmer language, Khmer: អប្សរា are a class of celestial beings in Hinduism, Hindu and Culture of Buddhism, Buddhist culture. They were originally a type of female spirit of the clouds and waters, but, later play ...

, Mera. He was the father of King Shreshthavarman.

References

Monarchs of Chenla 6th-century Cambodian monarchs {{Cambodia-royal-stub