Khmer Empire Expansion

Name: Khmer Empire Expansion
Start: 1081
End: 1090

Type Event Region Southeast Asia Time 1081–1090

In the 1080s, under Jayavarman VI, the Khmer Empire continued expanding east and north within the Angkor framework, consolidating control over the mi…

Timeline

1080–1083Angkor · CambodiaJayavarman VI acceded around 1080, consolidating Angkor-centered Khmer royal authority by integrating royal and local noble factions, laying the domestic foundation for subsequent external expansion.
1084–1090Tonle Sap–middle Mekong region · CambodiaKhmer forces and local administrative systems pushed east of Tonle Sap and into the middle Mekong region, strengthening suzerainty over frontier vassal states and forming a new stalemate with Cham forces on the eastern border.

Sources

Khmer Empire https://www.britannica.com/place/Khmer-empire
A History of Cambodia — David P. Chandler (2008)