Person
Jayavarman VII
Jayavarman VII (r. c. 1181–c. 1218 CE): Buddhist Khmer king who rebuilt Angkor after the Cham sack of 1177 and built Angkor Thom and the Bayon.
Southeast Asian maritimeOverview
He expanded the road network and founded hospitals and rest-houses recorded in inscriptions. The scale of his building programme is often linked to later strain on the empire's resources.
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A draft entry added in an October 2026 research pass from public reference works; dates marked c. are approximate. Evidence grade: medium. 2 of 2 listed sources are fully documented; the rest are names only. Method and sources