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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 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.
Recent Khmer literary studies have attempted to prove the anquity of this narrative by linking the narrative of Thon Chey to the contrasted memory of King Jayavarman VII. In fact, while the royal name of Jayavarman VII was discovered anew through the archeological study of Khmer inscriptions , Thon Chey may be a nickname of Chey-varman.
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The play revolves around King Jayavarman VII returning triumphant from his battle against the Chams and commissions the Temple of Bayon. After announcing the project, the king’s sees his perfect skin show the first signs of leprosy. His leprosy spreads apace with the construction of the temple; he eventually goes blind and dies at its completion.
Jayavarman VII, ruled 1181–1219; Jayavarman VIII, ruled 1243–1295; Kings of central India: Jayavarman (Chandela dynasty), ruled c. 1110-1120;
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 ...
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.