The Khmer had been rallied by a new king, Jayavarman VII, who had driven the Cham from Cambodia in 1181.

When Jaya Indravarman IV launched another attack against Cambodia in 1190, Jayavarman VII had appointed a Cham prince named Vidyanandana to lead the Khmer army.

Vidyanandana had defeated the invaders and proceeded to occupy Vijaya and to capture Jaya Indravarman, whom he sent back to Angkor as a prisoner.

Following the conquest of Vijaya, the Khmer king had installed his own brother-in-law, Prince In, as a puppet king in Champa.

Civil war had broken out, however, between several factions.

In the end, Prince In had prevailed, but had then declared his independence from Cambodia.

Khmer troops will attempt unsuccessfully to regain control over Champa throughout the 1190s.