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The Priest-King Who Built Angkor Wat: Suryavarman II
Angkor Wat is the most iconic temple of the Khmer Empire, but who built it and why? This episode dives into the reign of Suryavarman II, the ambitious king who unified Cambodia, crushed rivals, and commissioned the world's largest religious monument. We explore his military campaigns against Champa and Dai Viet, his diplomatic overtures to the Chinese Song dynasty, and the imperial ideology that made Angkor Wat possible. Learn how Suryavarman II presented himself as a devaraja, a god-king, and how the temple's bas-reliefs tell the story of his reign. We also touch on the mystery of…
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