Indrajayavarman


Indrajayavarman or Indravarman IV (Khmer: ឥន្រ្ទវរ្ម័នទី៤) and also known as Srindrajayavarman (Khmer: ស្រីន្រ្ទជ័យវរ្ម័ន) was the ruler of Khmer empire from 1308-1327, and was succeeded by Jayavarmadiparamesvara.[1]:228–229 Charles Higham (archaeologist) states this is the last Sanskrit record of Angkor.[2]:138–139

Indrajayavarman
King of the Khmer Empire
Reign1308 – 1327
PredecessorIndravarman III
SuccessorJayavarman Paramesvara
ReligionHinduism (Shaivism)

History

Information about Indrajayavarman was obtained from four inscriptions and the meager statements in Chinese dynastic history:

The inscription of Vat Kok Khpos, dated 1309, says the reign of Indravarman came to an end in 1308. This inscription speaks of the capital under the name of Yasodharapura. A re-reading, by Coedes, of the inscription of the Bayon, dated after 1327, revealed that the reign of Indrajayavarman lasted until 1327. Yuan-Shih, quoted by Pelliot, says a Chinese mission came to Cambodia to buy elephants in 1320.

References
  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, C., 2001, The Civilization of Angkor, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, ISBN 9781842125847
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