Khmer Empire Angkor Period (1240s)

Timeline

1. 1241–1243Angkor Thom · Siem Reap ProvinceIn the final years of his reign, Indravarman II maintained Angkor's control over the lower Mekong and the central plains, but was no longer able to continue the large-scale public works of Jayavarman VII's era; the empire's finances and manpower grew increasingly strained.
2. 1243–1250Angkor Thom · Siem Reap ProvinceJayavarman VIII acceded around 1243. A Shaiva Hindu monarch himself, he attempted to reverse the previous Mahayana Buddhist policies, and some Buddhist statues were recarved or destroyed. The rise of Theravada Buddhism in Angkor was a development of the late 13th to 14th century (after Indravarman III) and cannot be recorded as a state religion shift in this decade.