Early Angkor Development in Chenla

Name: Early Angkor Development in Chenla
Start: 750
End: 800

Type Event Region Southeast Asia Time 750–800

From the late 8th to early 9th century, the Chenla (Khmer) kingdom under Jayavarman II gradually unified Water Chenla and Land Chenla, establishing a…

Timeline

750–790Around the Tonle Sap · CambodiaChenla tribes gradually threw off the influence of Java's Sailendra power in the 8th century; local polities of Water Chenla and Land Chenla moved toward integration through marriage alliances and warfare, creating conditions for a unified kingdom.
790–800Angkor region · CambodiaRulers such as Jayavarman II made the Angkor hills their political center, establishing the ruling ideology that the monarch was a god-king (devaraja), and began planning early temple architecture, marking the starting point of Angkor's civilizational process.

Sources

Angkor and the Khmer Civilization — Michael D. Coe (2003)