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The Woman Who Ran Angkor: Indradevi's Hidden Power
This episode of Fexingo History turns to one of the most overlooked figures in Khmer history: Indradevi, the scholarly queen of Jayavarman VII. While her husband is celebrated for building Angkor Thom and the Bayon, Indradevi was a poet, a philosopher, and a powerful force in the empire's religious and political life. We explore her inscriptions, her role in the restoration of Buddhism after the Cham sack, her founding of temples, and her influence on the king's monumental building projects. Drawing on Sanskrit poetry and temple carvings, Lucas and Luna uncover how a queen shaped…
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