THE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF CAMBODIA STATISTICS AGENCY

The Khmer Empire grew out on the remnants of Chenla, becoming firmly founded in 802 when Jayavarman II (reigned c. 790 – c. 835) declared independence from Java and proclaimed them selves a Devaraja. They as well as their followers instituted the cult of your God-king and started a number of conquests that shaped an empire which flourished in