Suryavarman I

Suryavarman I
សូរ្យវរ្ម័នទី១
King
Reign1006–1050
PredecessorJayavarman V
SuccessorUdayadityavarman II
Died1050
Posthumous name
Nirvanapada
ReligionMahayana Buddhism
Ruins of Suryavarman I's capital at Phimeanakas

Suryavarman I (Khmer: សូរ្យវរ្ម័នទី១; posthumously Nirvanapada) was king of the Khmer Empire from 1006 to 1050.[1]: 134–135  Suryavarman usurped King Udayadityavarman I, defeating his armies in approximately 1002. After a protracted war with Udayadityavarman's would-be successor, Jayavirahvarman,[2] Suryavarman I claimed the throne in 1010. Suryavarman was a Mahayana Buddhist[1]: 134  who was also tolerant of the growing Theravada Buddhist presence in the Khmer kingdom.

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ "Suryavarman I". Encyclopædia Britannica. 2014. Archived from the original on October 19, 2014. Retrieved February 24, 2014.