CAMBODIA KEY DATA - AN OVERVIEW

The Khmer Empire grew out from the remnants of Chenla, starting to be firmly set up in 802 when Jayavarman II (reigned c. 790 – c. 835) declared independence from Java and proclaimed themselves a Devaraja. They and their followers instituted the cult in the God-king and began a number of conquests that formed an empire which flourished in the