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Jayavarman VII built 121 "houses with fire" rest houses built every fifteen kilometers along raised highways for travellers, and 102 hospitals. His was the " Buddhism of the Greater Vehicle ". However, Brahmans continued to play a "role at court", with Hrishikesa being made chief priest, with the title Jayamahapradhana.
The bust of Jayavarman VII is a grey-green sandstone head, with downcast eyes and a faint smile. The hairstyle, with the hair pulled into a small round bun at the top of the skull, makes it possible to identify the subject as being a man; the four squatting men sculpted on the pediment of the temple of Banteay Srei, kept at the Guimet museum, have practically the same hairstyle.
Angkor Thom was established as the capital of Jayavarman VII's empire and was the centre of his massive building program. One inscription found in the city refers to Jayavarman as the groom and the city as his bride. [4]: 121 Angkor Thom seems not to be the first Khmer capital on the site, however.
The Khmer hospitals appear across a great expanse of Jayavarman VII's territory and mostly near main settlements. [4] Archaeological remains show that Arogayasala had a consistent structural composition. Inscriptional evidence from the Ta Prohm inscription (1186 CE) attests to 102 Arogayasala across Jayavarman VII's territory during his reign.
Vidyanandana, assisted by Jayavarman VII, retook Vijaya, killing both Jaya Indravarman IV and Jaya Indravarman V, then "reigned without opposition over the Kingdom of Champa," [20] [21] declaring his independence from the Khmer Empire. Jayavarman VII responded by launching several invasions of Champa in 1192, 1195, 1198–1199, 1201-1203.
Jayavarman VII (1181–1215) was the greatest of all Khmer Buddhist kings. Jayavarman VII worked tirelessly to establish Buddhism as the state religion of Angkor. [citation needed] He was already an elderly man, perhaps 60, when he ascended the throne. Before becoming king, he had devoted his long life to meditation and tantra.
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Jayavarman VII: 1181~1215 House of Mahidharapura He successfully expelled Champa and established Angkor Thom as the capital. Khmer Empire Indravarman II ~1215-1243 Mahidharapura Khmer Empire Jayavarman VIII: 1243–1295 Mahidharapura Khmer Empire Srindravarman: 1295–1307 Mahidharapura Khmer Empire Srindrajayavarman: 1308–1327 Mahidharapura ...