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Jayavarman VII is generally considered the most powerful of the Khmer monarchs by historians. [3] His government built many projects including hospitals, highways, rest houses, and temples. With Buddhism as his motivation, King Jayavarman VII is credited with introducing a welfare state that served the physical and spiritual needs of the Khmer ...
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.
In fact, during this time Jayavarman VII altered the ‘Hindu worldview’ from Deva-raja to Buddha-raja. [12] The Deva-raja cult was established in the early 9th century by Jayavarman II and held its roots in Hindu traditions, with the king defined as the manifestation of the Hindu god, Śiva. [18]
For centuries, the reign of King Jayavarman VII of Cambodia was mostly lost to history. That was before archaeologists began discovering the evidence of his monarchy in the architecture around them.
Angkor scholar George Coedès has theorized that Jayavarman VII stood squarely in the tradition of the Khmer monarchs in thinking of himself as a devaraja (god-king), the difference being that while his predecessors were Hindus and associated themselves with Brahma and his symbol the, chaturmukha (four faces), Jayavarman VII was a Buddhist. [9]
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.
Preah Khan (Khmer: ប្រាសាទព្រះខ័ន; "Royal Sword") is a temple at Angkor, Cambodia, built in the 12th century for King Jayavarman VII to ...
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