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Suryavarman II of Angkor

Type Event Region Southeast Asia Time 1121–1130

In the 1120s, Cambodia's Angkor Dynasty king Suryavarman II vigorously built Angkor Wat and consolidated Khmer hegemony through military expansion.

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  1. 1122–1130Angkor Wat · CambodiaSuryavarman II ordered the construction of Angkor Wat, dedicated to Vishnu, south of the capital, conscripting large labor forces to quarry sandstone and carve reliefs; the scale and craftsmanship of the building represent the pinnacle of Khmer civilization.
  2. 1123–1128Champa frontier · ChampaKhmer armies campaigned east against Champa, contesting control of the lower Mekong and the central coast; the wars went back and forth but overall reinforced Angkor's hegemonic pressure over the western Indochinese Peninsula.
  3. 1121–1129Irrigation districts around the Tonlé Sap · CambodiaSuryavarman II maintained and expanded Angkor's hydraulic network, securing paddy irrigation and the capital's food supply, tightly binding kingship, religion, and agricultural production through the god-king ideology.

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