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Koh Ker background
For 2 decades, At the next quarter of this century, Koh Ker rather than Angkor Was the capital of the Khmer empire. Virtually All monuments from the enormous Temple city – the 2nd biggest in Cambodia, next only to Angkor – Originate from this brief period.
Once Angkor Was founded
When The creator of Angkor, Yashovarman I, expired about 910 AD, he had been Inscriptions, he appears to have been a weak ruler and little is understood About him. His name means”protected by pleasure”.
On the Passing of Harshavarman I, that stayed childless, his brother Ishanavarman II triumphed as his rightful heir at 922, but not without Being contested by a maternal uncle of both brothers, specifically the Neighborhood ruler in Koh Ker who afterwards became King Jayavarman IV. His chief Queen was Jayadevi, a younger sister of Yashovarman.