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The Chams Who Toppled Angkor: 1177's Forgotten Invaders
In 1177, the unthinkable happened: Angkor fell, not to a rival Khmer faction, but to a naval armada of Chams sailing up the Mekong and across the Tonlé Sap. This episode follows the rise of the Cham kingdom of Champa, the reign of King Jaya Indravarman IV, and the shocking sack of the Khmer capital. We trace the Cham fleet's daring journey, the Khmers' apparent unpreparedness, and the aftermath—how a teenage prince named Jayavarman VII would eventually expel the invaders and build Angkor Thom and the Bayon as a response to this trauma. Drawing on Cham inscriptions and the…
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