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The Khmer empire of Funan flourished for some 500 years. It carried on a prosperous trade with India and China, and its engineers developed.
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Rudavarman I of Funan dies, not much known of how he died
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Jayavarman I regins as king of the Khmer people
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The Civil war was fought between two factions, one with the leader Jayaviarvarman and the other Suryavaraman. This battle lasted 8 years and it was estimated the thousands died
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The early Suryavanshis considered the sun god (Surya, Aditya or Arka) as their kuladevata and mainly practised sun-worship.
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Jayaviravaraman VI founds the secound known dynasty which is the Mahidharapudra Dynasty.
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Founder of the Khmer empire of Cambodia (r.802-50). He was a vassal ruler in the Angkor district in about 800, under an unknown Javanese or Sumatran dynasty. In 802 he declared independence, proclaiming himself devaraja (god-king), so establishing the Khmer monarchy on a theocratic basis.
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Indravanab I builds Preak Ko, Bangkong temples and the Indratataka Baray in 877
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He reigns of Harshavarman and his younger brother marked a period of instability for the Khmer Empire. Both brothers were involved in a power struggle with their maternal uncle, Jayavarman IV, a conflict that lasted for Harshavarman’s entire reign. Jayavarman was eventually driven out of Angkor to set up his own capital about 100 km away during the reign of Ishanavarman.
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Queen Jayadevi was the first agramahishi, she married Jayavarman while he was still a prince.
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