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Suryavarman I

Type Figure Region Cambodia Time c. 980–1050 Also known as Suryavarman I、សូរ្យវរ្ម័នទី១

Suryavarman I (r. c. 1006–1050) was a major Angkor monarch who integrated polities of the middle and lower Mekong and the northern Malay Peninsula th…

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  1. 1006–1015Yashodharapura (Angkor) · CambodiaAfter acceding around 1006, he quickly suppressed internal divisions by force and expanded toward the lower Mekong and Champa, establishing personal authority.
  2. 1016–1050Mekong basin, mainland Southeast Asia · Indochinese PeninsulaHe continued conquering and subordinating neighboring city-states, extending Khmer power to the northern Malay Peninsula, forming one of the strongest political entities in 11th-century Southeast Asia.

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