Battle of Tonlé Sap

Battle of Tonlé Sap
Part of Kampuchea-Panduranga War

Panduranga naval at temple of Bayon.
DateLate 1177
LocationTonlé Sap
Result Panduranga won.
Territorial
changes		 ?
Belligerents
Kampuchea Panduranga
Commanders and leaders
Tribhuvanadityavarman Po Klong Garai
Strength
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Casualties and losses
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Battle of Tonlé Sap[1] (French: Bataille de Tonlé Sap) is a short war of Panduranga and Khmer Empire in 1177.

Prologue

The 12th century was a time of conflict and brutal power struggles. Under Suryavarman II (reigned 1113–1150) the Khmer kingdom united internally[2]:113 and the largest temple of Angkor was built in a period of 37 years: Angkor Wat, dedicated to the god Vishnu. In the east, his campaigns against Champa, and Annam, were unsuccessful,[2]:114 though he did sack Vijaya in 1145 and depose Jaya Indravarman III.[3]:75–76 The Khmers occupied Vijaya until 1149, when they were driven out by Jaya Harivarman I.[4]:160 Suryavarman II sent a mission to the Chola dynasty of south India and presented a precious stone to the Chola Emperor Kulothunga Chola I in 1114.[5][6]

Another period followed in which kings reigned briefly and were violently overthrown by their successors. Finally in 1177 the Angkor capital was raided and looted in a naval battle on the Tonlé Sap lake by a Panduranga fleet under Po Klong Garai king of Panduranga. Then Tribhuvanadityavarman king of Angkor was killed.[3]:78[4]:164

See also

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Notes

  1. ↑ The Bayon bas-relief depicts a battle on the Tonlé Sap lake, Angkor Thom
  2. 1 2 Higham, C. (2001). The Civilization of Angkor. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, ISBN 9781842125847
  3. 1 2 Maspero, G., 2002, The Champa Kingdom, Bangkok: White Lotus Co., Ltd., ISBN 9747534991
  4. 1 2 Coedès, George (1968). Walter F. Vella, ed. The Indianized States of Southeast Asia. trans.Susan Brown Cowing. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-0368-1.
  5. ↑ A History of India, Hermann Kulke, Dietmar Rothermund: p.125.
  6. ↑ Commerce and Culture in the Bay of Bengal, 1500-1800 by Om Prakash, Denys Lombard p.29-30
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