Dharanindravarman II

Dharanindravarman II
King of the Khmer Empire
Reign1150–1160
PredecessorSuryavarman II
SuccessorYasovarman II
SpouseSri Jayarajacudamani
IssueJayavarman VII

Dharanindravarman II (Khmer: ធរណីន្ទ្រវរ្ម័នទី២; also titled Paramanishkalapada) was king of the Khmer Empire from 1150 to 1160.

He married the daughter of Harshavarman III, Princess Sri Jayarajacudamani. Their son Jayavarman VII was born by 1125.[1]: 163, 169 

Dharanindravarman II was a cousin of the king he succeeded, Suryavarman II.[2]: 120 

The Yuhai encyclopedia records that in 1155 “Zhenla-Luohu” (that is, Cambodia) sent two elephants as tribute to the Song emperor.[3]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Higham, C., 2001, The Civilization of Angkor, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, ISBN 9781842125847
  3. ^ Wang Yinglin 王應麟, Yu Hai 玉海, Taipei Hua wen shu ju, Minguo 53, 1964, Reprint of 1343 edn., vol.6, cap.154, 33.