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The Poisoned Crown: Angkor's Assassination and the Rise of Jayavarman VIII
In 1260 AD, the Khmer court was shaken by a shocking assassination that changed the course of Angkor's history. King Jayavarman VIII, a devout Shaivite, seized power after the mysterious death of his predecessor, and his reign became a brutal purge of Buddhist art and worship. But was he a mad zealot or a pragmatic ruler reacting to political threat? This episode untangles the events surrounding the royal assassination, the destruction of Buddha images, and the famous Khmer king who tried to erase an entire religion from Angkor's temples. We explore the inscriptions, the testimony…
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