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802-835 CE Jayavaman ll found the Khmer Empire in Cambodia.He establisshed four capitals for his kingdom.He also used war, alliances and marriages to expand the area.He also built several hindu temples.
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Jayavarman ll successsorn went on building temples and expanding the empire.
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889 to 900CE Yasovarman l constructed a new capital called Yasodharapura and a huge reservoir in the Ankor are.
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944 to 968 Rajendravarman ll built a series of temples at Angkor,and during his reign the khmers had there first war with Champa.
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Jayavarman V 968-1001 Ce the Khmer court became a center for scholars and artists
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The years after jarvarman v's death where filled with fierce power struggles among the khmer ruling classi n which kings were overthrown by there rivals.
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In 900CE the capital was moved to Yasodharapura and houses a million people in preperation for the building of angkor wat in 1113CE.
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1113 to 1150CE Suryavaman ll came to power after killing a rival prince in a battle fought on war elephants.He then extened the Khmer empire by conqering Haripunchai and thailand.In the east and north he took several provinces of champa and expanded north.
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1181-1215 jayavarman Vll waged war against Champa for twenty-two year and conqured much of its land.He made Buddhism the new state religion.He also created the Angkor Thom including temples ,roads,hospitals and rest-houses.
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after Jayavarman Vll's death no other temples where built.The khmer lost much of the territory that they had.Many nobles also started rebelling.There was religious conflicct.
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jayarvaman Vlll (1243-1295) wanted to return to Hinduism due to the religious conflict.He converted buddist temples to hindu temples and destroyes many thousand Buddha images.During this time the khmer empire was threatened by a much more powerful empire to the north.So he paid tribbute to avoid war.
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Srindravarman 1295-1309 who had overthrown his father-in-law introduced Theravada Buddhism to the khmer empire.
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This time was regarded as the khmer classical period as there were no more inscriptions telling of the accession of kings and no more temples, possibly beacuse buddhism did not demand such things.