Bhavavarman II

King of Chenla from 639 to 657
Bhavavarman II
King of Chenla
Reign639–657 AD
PredecessorIsanavarman I
SuccessorJayavarman I
Died657
IssueJayavarman I
Names
Phra KamrotengʼAnh Sri Bhavavarman (639)
(วฺระ กมฺรตางฺ อญฺ ศฺรีภวรฺมฺม)
DynastyVarman
ReligionHindu

Bhavavarman II (Khmer: ព្រះបាទភវវរ្ម័នទី២ Thai: พระบาทภววรรมัมที่ ๒ Chinese: 撥婆跋摩; pinyin: Bópóbámó) was King of the Chenla Kingdom, predecessor polity of the Khmer Empire, from 639 to 657.

Biography

King Bhavavarman II reigned shortly from 639 to 657 AD between Isanavarman I and Jayavarman I. He was of unknown origin, neither the son nor the approved successor to Isanavarman I. He was the successor to the throne from King Isanvarman I (Khmer: ឦសានវម៌្មទី១), but there is no evidence as to whether he was the son of Ishavarman I. Scholars speculate that he may have been one of the princes in the royal family or was one of the sons of Issavaraman I, which still has no consensus on this assumption. He made many inscriptions, but none of them mentioned his history.[1][2]

When King Bhavavarman II died, King Jayavarman I, his son, succeeded to the throne. When King Jayavarman I died without a male heir, his granddaughter, Jayadevi, ascended to the throne. During this time, the Chenla was in full swing with political turmoil and her reign was disputed, leading to the division of the state of Upper Chenla and Lower Chenla.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Coedès, George (1968). Walter F. Vella (บ.ก.). The Indianized States of Southeast Asia. trans.Susan Brown Cowing. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-0368-1.
  2. ^ សៀវភៅសិក្សាសង្គម ថ្នាក់ទី១០ ឆ្នាំ២០១៧ របស់ក្រសួងអប់រំយុវជននិងកីឡា ទំព័រទី១៤១
Preceded by
Isanavarman I
 King of Chenla
639–657 AD 		Succeeded by
Jayavarman I
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Funan Kingdom
Nokor Phnom
Vyadhapura
  • Pvirakvarman I
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Chenla Kingdom
Bhavapura
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Varman Dynasty
Mahidharapura Dynasty