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The Lost City of Mahendraparvata: Jayavarman II's Hidden Capital
Deep in the Cambodian jungle on Phnom Kulen mountain, a lost city lay hidden for centuries. Mahendraparvata, founded by Jayavarman II in 802 CE, was the first capital of the Khmer Empire—the birthplace of the devaraja cult and the prototype for Angkor itself. This episode follows the recent LiDAR surveys that revealed a sprawling urban grid beneath the forest canopy, from royal palaces to reservoirs and temple-mountains. We explore what this discovery tells us about early Khmer state formation, the sacred geography of Phnom Kulen, and how Jayavarman II's mountain capital set the stage…
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