Bhavavarman II
| Bhavavarman II | |
|---|---|
| King of Chenla | |
| Reign | 639–657 AD |
| Predecessor | Isanavarman I |
| Successor | Jayavarman I |
| Died | 657 |
| Issue | Jayavarman I |
| Dynasty | Varman |
| Religion | Hindu |
Bhavavarman II (Khmer: ព្រះបាទភវវរ្ម័នទី២ ) Chinese: 撥婆跋摩; pinyin: Bópóbámó) was King of the Chenla Kingdom, predecessor polity of the Khmer Empire, from 639 to 657.
Biography
[edit]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] Some suggests that the son of Si Thep king named Bhavavarman mentioned in the Ban Wang Pai Inscription (K. 978) founded in the Phetchabun province of Thailand was probably Bhavavarman II instead of Bhavavarman I (r.580–598) due to the inscription styles that potentially inscribed after 627.[3]: 20
In this period, the Chinese leishu, Cefu Yuangui and the Book of Sui say that Chenla and the Zhū Jiāng Kingdom, one of the Dvaravati polities,[4] who allied via royal intermarrige, wage wars against Tou Yuan to the northwest,[5]: 16 [6] and successfully made it a vassal of Dvaravati in 647.[7]: 269 [8]: 15–16
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
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ សៀវភៅសិក្សាសង្គម ថ្នាក់ទី១០ ឆ្នាំ២០១៧ របស់ក្រសួងអប់រំយុវជននិងកីឡា ទំព័រទី១៤១
- ^ Kangwon Katchima (2019). "จารึกพระเจ้ามเหนทรวรมัน" [The inscriptions of king Mahendravarman] (PDF) (in Thai). Retrieved 16 January 2025.
- ^ "朱江". www.world10k.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 17 May 2025.
- ^ "钦定四库全书: 册府元龟卷九百五十七宋王钦若等撰". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China (in Chinese).
- ^ Book of Sui, Volume 82 (in Chinese) Retrieved 17 May 2025.
- ^ Lawrence Palmer Briggs (1950). "The Khmer Empire and the Malay Peninsula". The Far Eastern Quarterly. 9 (3). Duke University Press: 256–305. doi:10.2307/2049556. JSTOR 2049556. Archived from the original on 26 April 2024.
- ^ Geoffrey Goble (2014). "Maritime Southeast Asia: The View from Tang-Song China" (PDF). ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute. p. 1–19. ISSN 2529-7287. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-06-19.