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Chronology of Khmer Kings - Chenla |
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  | Name | Capital | Monument | Brieft Description | Shrutavarman
435-95 
| | | A vassal of Funan
The first kings of Chenla, part historical and legendary, were Shrutavarman and Shresthavarman, whose capital Shreshthapura must have been in southern Laos, at the foot of the Wat Phu complex, a center of the Shitvaite religion embraced by nearly all the kings of Chenla | Shresthavarman
495-530 
| | | | Viravarman 
| | | King of one of the Chenla, situated in the area of what is now Kratie in east Cambodia
Had at least two sons Citrasena and Bhavavarman | Citrasena 
| | | Successor chosen by his father
Extended his dominans northwards and made incursions as far as present-day Khon Kaen, in the heart of Thailand | Bhavavarman
550-598 
| | | Married Kambujarajalakshmi, a descendant of Shresthavarman, who therefore belonged to the oldest dynasty in Chenla of the sun dynasty
Bhavavarman was a nephew of Rudravarman on his mother’s side and therefore related to the moon dynasty of Funan
His Funanese origins gained him the services of the famous Brahmans of Adyapura, who continued to serve the later kings a ministers too
Took residence at Bhavapura, likely at the Sambor Prei Kuk area, near present-day -Kompong Thom and commenced a series of campaigns against Funan
His kingdom was said to contain thirty other cities, each ruled by s governor
Shortly died after 598 and his kingdom was inherited by his brother Citrasena | Citrasena (ruled as Mahendravarman) or She-to-ssu-na
590 - 610
| | | Continued the conquest of Funan
Established city some 4-5km due east of Wat Phu (Champasak province, in Southwest Loas
Bhavavarman’s brother | Ishanavarman
611-628 
| | | Citrasena’s son, completed the conquest of Funan, succeded his father after his death
Sambor Prei Kuk rename to Ishanapura, is of truly huge extent: there are over 170 structures and traces of a town bounded by a rectangular moat and earth levee extending 2 km on each side. They are all brick with sandstone embellishment and all face east, the direction of the god Shiva.
Chenla reached its largest size: its westernmost point was at Chantaburi on the gulf of Siam, huge territories in western Thailand and southern Loas were added to the northern territories, and nearly the whole of present-day Cambodia.
Died in 628
Inscription in Khmer dating from 612 found at Angkor Borei and also at Ak Yum, which possibly dates from 609 | Bhavavarman II
638-656 
| | | May not have been a direct descendent of Ishanavarman; this theory borne out from the fact that he was not served by the Brahmans of Adyapura like his predecessors.
Some believed, Bhavavarman II is the son of Ishanavarman
Declare himself to be a descendent of the moon dynasty and was the first to be designated a posthumous name: Shivaloka
Much of Chenla again split into small and independent states | Jayavarman I
657-700 
| | | Son of a niece of Ishanavarman
Attempt to unify the country
One of his ministers was Simhadatta, son of Simhavira, of the Adhyapura Brahmans
Purandarapura considered by expert to be around the mountain temple of Ak Yum in the Angkor region
Vyhadapura is at banteay Prei Nokor
Regained most of the territories ruled by Ishanavarman, but on his death the kingdom disintegrated once more | Jayadevi
713 
| | | Jayavarman I’s wife (researcher Claude Jacques believes that she was his daughter and married to Nripaditya, who held power very short time) attempted in vain to keep the kingdom united | | Nripatindravarman | | | | Pushkaraksha 
| | | Mentioned in 716 as king of Shambhupura, also known as Sambor on the Mekong (Kratie area)
Challenged the dynasty of Jayavarman I
Proclaimed himself king of all Kambuja
Genealogists included him in the line of kings of Funan from the moon dynasty and praised his marriage with a princess of the sun dynasty
The main states of Water Chenla were Shambupura, Vyadhapura, Souht of Prei Veng, and Bhavapura, which was centred in Sambor Prei Kuk. | | Sambhuvarman | | | The son or Succesor of Pushkaraksha, married a princess from Vyadhapura and thus came control much of Water Chenla and the Mekong delta. | Rjendravarman I 
| | | Son of Sambhuvarman | | Mahipativarman | | | Son of Rjendravarman I
Could be the king beheaded by Java |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 03 November 2007 )
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