Biography's+of+important+leaders


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Important Rulers
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 * __ Jayavarman II: Jayavarman II was born around 770 AD, founder of the Khmer Empire and outstanding member of the series of rulers of the Angkor period (802 - 1431). Among Jayavarman II's accomplishments were the deification of the Cambodian monarchy, the establishment of the devaraja cult as the official state religion, and the reunification of the old kingdom of Chenla, which he expanded and formed into the Khmer Empire. __**

Then there is also his descendant;

 * __ Jayavarman VII: (born 1120. Died  1215) King of the Khmer (Cambodian) empire of Angkor (r. 1181– 1215). Born into the royal family of Angkor, he settled in the Champa kingdom (present-day central Vietnam) in his young adulthood and engaged in military campaigns. In his late fifties he led his people in a struggle for independence after their subjugation by the Cham. He was crowned king of a reconstituted Khmer empire at 61. He ruled more than 30 years and brought the empire to its zenith in terms both of territorial extent and of royal architecture and construction. __**

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