Jayavarman Vii


Jayavarman Vii

 

king of Khmer (known in historical literature as Angkor Cambodia). During his reign (1181-1219), the country reached the height of its power. The Angkor monarchy spread its influence north to Vientiane and, after the capture of Champa, east to the East China Sea. The Kingdom reached as far south as the central part of the Malay Peninsula and as far west as Burma. Jayavarman VII initiated the large-scale construction of temples in Southeast Asia.