The Khmer Empire, at its greatest extent …
Years: 1239 - 1239
The Khmer Empire, at its greatest extent in the early thirteenth century, encompasses the regions of present Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and southern Vietnam.
After the death of Jayavarman VII in 1219, his son Indravarman II had ascended the throne.
Like his father, he is a Buddhist, and completes a series of temples begun under his father's rule.
As a warrior he is less successful.
Under mounting pressure from increasingly powerful Dai Viet, and its Cham allies, the Khmer had withdrawn in the year 1220 from many of the provinces previously conquered from Champa.
In the west, …
Locations
People
Groups
- Mon people
- Khmer people
- Tai peoples, or Thais
- Buddhism
- Cham people
- Khmer Empire (Angkor)
- Champa, Kingdom of
- Sukhothai (Siam), Thai state of
