Phnom Penh National Museum: 2011

Súryavarman I (1001-1050)

An inscription found at the Preah Khan temple at Kampong Svay mentions, ‘He took the kingdom for himself amidst a crowd of other kings’. H...

The son of Yasovarman IV, Prince Harshavarman II came to the throne after his father’s death. King Rájendravarman succeeded him. The latter’...

After the death of Yasovarman, his two sons Harshavarman I and Isanavarman II succeeded on another to the throne. In 921, Jayavarman IV, t...

Son of Indravarman and Indradeví, who himself came from the royal families of Vyádhapura, Sambhupura in Kratie province and Aninditapura in ...

Indravarman I, Indradeví’s husband, succeeded Jayavarman III to the throne of Hariharálaya. His master was Siva Soma. The king’s main achi...

The Angkorian era is a time of prosperity for Cambodia, which will last several centuries (9th -15th centuries). The kings have full religio...

The inscriptions, archaeological evidence and Chinese records help better define and understand this era, as compared with the Nokor. Many c...

The Fu-Nan era The kingdom of Fu-Nan, also named Nokor Phnom, was located southwest of the Kingdom of Champa and stretched all the way to th...

The Phnom Penh National Museum was begun 1917, under the reign of King Preah Karuna Preah Bat Samdech Preah Sisowath. Most of the collection...