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Jayavarman VII

Jayavarman VII was a Khmer king of the late twelfth and early thirteenth century. He drove out Cham invaders who had sacked Angkor and expanded the empire to its greatest extent. A Mahayana Buddhist, he built Angkor Thom with the Bayon temple, hospitals and rest houses, and is regarded as one of the greatest rulers of the Khmer Empire.

Jayavarman VII
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Jayavarman VII. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/jayavarman-vii
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