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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.
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.
Preah Khan was built on the site of Jayavarman VII's victory over the invading Chams in 1191 [citation needed].Unusually the modern name, meaning "holy sword", is derived from the meaning of the original—Nagara Jayasri (holy city of victory).
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Jayavarman VII 1125–1218 r.c. 1181 –1218: Yasovarman II r.1160-1166: Indravarman II c. 1215-1243: Jayavarman VIII r.1243-1295: Indrajaya-Varman r.1308-1327 ...
Jayarajadevi in Preah Khan. Jayarajadevi (fl. 1181), was the first queen consort of King Jayavarman VII of the Khmer Empire. [1]She was the daughter of ‘kshatriyas, amongst the elite of the royal family’, and the younger sister of queen Indradevi.
The Mahidharapura dynasty of the Varman dynasty was established by Hiranyavarman and was known after the accession of Jayavarman VI in 1080. Its ancestor was Hiranyavarman of the royal family ruling Bhimapura. [1] [2]