Indrapura (Khmer)

According to inscription on the stele of Sdok Kok Thom, Indrapura or Amarendrapura was the first capital of Jayavarman II reign about 781, before the foundation of Khmer Empire in 802.

George Coedes and identified it with Banteay Prei Nokor,^[1]^: 98 near Kompong Cham,^[2] Cambodia, while Michael Vickery assumes it was closer to Kompong Thom.^[3] Some scholars have proposed Ak Yum as the center of Amarendrapura. ^[4]

Footnotes[]

^ Coedès, George (1968). Walter F. Vella (ed.). The Indianized States of Southeast Asia. trans.Susan Brown Cowing. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-0368-1.
^ Higham 1989, p.324ff
^ Vickery, Michael (July 2001). "Resolving the Chronology and History of 9th century Cambodia" (PDF). Center for Khmer Studies - Siksacakr No 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-08-20. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
^ Anello, Barbara (2020). "Photographs of Khmer Sites and Monuments". JSTOR.

References[]

Higham, Charles (1989). The archaeology of Mainland Southeast Asia. Cambridge University Press. doi:10.2277/0521275253. ISBN 0-521-27525-3.

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[Coedes-1] Coedès, George (1968). Walter F. Vella (ed.). The Indianized States of Southeast Asia. trans.Susan Brown Cowing. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-0368-1.

[2] Higham 1989, p.324ff

[3] Vickery, Michael (July 2001). "Resolving the Chronology and History of 9th century Cambodia" (PDF). Center for Khmer Studies - Siksacakr No 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-08-20. Retrieved 2009-08-20.

[4] Anello, Barbara (2020). "Photographs of Khmer Sites and Monuments". JSTOR.

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