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The Khmer Empire's Last King: Suryavarman II's Final Years
In the dying decades of the Khmer Empire, one king tried to hold it all together. Suryavarman II, best known for building Angkor Wat, spent his reign fighting wars on every front — against Champa, Dai Viet, and even his own rebellious relatives. But by the time of his death in 1150, the empire was fracturing. This episode looks at the final years of Suryavarman II: his campaigns, his shifting alliances, and the succession crisis that left Angkor vulnerable to the Cham sack of 1177. Lucas and Luna piece together the evidence from inscriptions, Chinese chronicles, and the bas-reliefs of Angkor…
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