Indrapura (Khmer)

Indrapura
ឥន្ទ្របុរៈ (Khmer)
Amarendrapura (អមរិន្ទ្របុរៈ)
Indrapura is located in Cambodia
Indrapura
Indrapura
Location in Cambodia
12°00′05″N 105°26′55″E / 12.0014°N 105.4485°E / 12.0014; 105.4485
PeriodsMiddle Ages
LocationKampong Cham, Cambodia
RegionSoutheast Asia
History
Built781 AD
Built byJayavarman II
Abandonedlate 8th century AD
Site notes
Architectural style
Banteay Prei Nokor
Conditionrestored and ruined
Public accessYes

According to inscription on the stele of Sdok Kok Thom, Indrapura (Khmer: ឥន្ទ្របុរៈ) or Amarendrapura (Khmer: អមរិន្ទ្របុរៈ) was the first capital of Jayavarman II reign about 781, before the foundation of Khmer Empire in 802.

Location

George Coedes and Claude Jacques identified it with Banteay Prei Nokor,[1]: 98  near Kompong Cham,[2] Cambodia, while Michael Vickery assumes it was closer to Kompong Thom.[3] Some scholars have proposed Ak Yum as the center of Amarendrapura.[4]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Coedès, George (1968). Walter F. Vella (ed.). The Indianized States of Southeast Asia. trans.Susan Brown Cowing. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-0368-1.
  2. ↑ Higham 1989, p.324ff
  3. ↑ Vickery, Michael (July 2001). "Resolving the Chronology and History of 9th century Cambodia" (PDF). Center for Khmer Studies - Siksacakr No 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-08-20. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
  4. ↑ Anello, Barbara (2020). "Photographs of Khmer Sites and Monuments". JSTOR.

References

  • Higham, Charles (1989). The archaeology of Mainland Southeast Asia. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-27525-3.