Timeline of the Khmer Empire

By lenarja13
  • Period: Jan 1, 1113 to Jan 1, 1150

    Reign of Jayavarman II

  • Jan 1, 1122

    Contruction Begins on Hindu Temple

  • Jan 1, 1177

    Angkor Looted By Chams

  • Period: Jan 1, 1181 to Jan 1, 1215

    Reign of Jayavarman VII

  • Jan 1, 1300

    Buddhism become the main religion of the Khmer kigns

  • Jan 1, 1431

    Thai army attacks Angkor

  • Jan 1, 1440

    Khmer rulers relocate teh capital to Phnom Penh

  • Siamese [Thai] king attacks and defeats Khmer king

  • Vietnamese armies repeatedly attack Khmer forces in Mekong River delta and defeat the Khmer. The approximate modern borders of Cambodia are determined.

  • Khmer Empire Founded

  • Death of Jayavarman II/Enthronement of Jayavarman III

  • Death of Jayavarman III/Enthronement of Indravarman I

  • Period: to Jan 1, 1145

    Khmer Empire expands and Angkor Wat is built. Buddhism becomes important.