Mahendravarman (Chenla)
Mahendravarman (Khmer: មហេន្ទ្រវរ្ម័ន, vraḥ kamrateṅ añ Śrī Mahendravarmma in Pre-Angkorian Khmer: វ្រះកម្រតេង៑អញ៑ឝ្រីមហេន្ទ្រវម៌្ម; also titled Citrasena, Khmer: ចិត្រសេន Chinese: 摩訶陀羅跋摩; pinyin: Móhètuóluóbamó) was also called Protégé of the Great Indra.
| Mahendravarman I មហេន្ទ្រវរ្ម័នទី១ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| King of Chenla | |||||
| Reign | 598-610[1] | ||||
| Predecessor | Bhavavarman I | ||||
| Successor | Isanavarman I | ||||
| Born | Bhavapura | ||||
| Died | 611 | ||||
| Issue | Isanavarman I | ||||
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| House | Chenla | ||||
| Dynasty | Varman | ||||
| Father | Viravarman Sarvabhauma (grandfather) | ||||
Biography
Mahendravarman was a king of the kingdom of Chenla, modern day Cambodia, during the 6th century. Chenla was the direct predecessor of the Khmer empire. Citrasena was a close relative of Bhavavarman I (Khmer: ភវវរ្ម័នទី១), whom he joined to conquer the Kingdom of Funan, and whom he succeeded as king and adopting the name Mahendravarman.[2][3] After Bhavavarman's death, Mahendravarman took residence in the capital at Sambor Prei Kuk while the same time Hiraṇyavarman (Khmer: ហិរណ្យវរ្ម័ន) was ruling Cambodia.
Mahendravarman sent an ambassador to Champa to "ensure friendship between the two countries."[2]: 326 [3]: 69
After the death of Mahendravarman, his son Īśānavarman[3]: 69 (Khmer: ឦសានវរ្ម័ន, Pre-Angkorian Khmer: ឦឝានវម៌្ម) had taken the control of the kingdom, where his father ruled for several years. He ruled the kingdom until 628.
Sons of Īśānavarman
References
- Sharan, Mahesh Kumar (2003). Studies In Sanskrit Inscriptions Of Ancient Cambodia. Abhinav Publications. p. 33. ISBN 978-81-7017-006-8.
- Higham, C., 2014, Early Mainland Southeast Asia, Bangkok: River Books Co., Ltd., ISBN 9786167339443
- 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.
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