Bhavavarman II

Bhavavarman II (Khmer: ព្រះបាទភវវរ្ម័នទី២ Thai: พระบาทภววรรมัมที่ ๒ Chinese: 撥婆跋摩; pinyin: Bópóbámó) was King of the Chenla Kingdom, predecessor polity of the Khmer Empire, from 639 to 657.

Bhavavarman II
King of Chenla
Reign	639–657 AD
Predecessor	Isanavarman I
Successor	Jayavarman I
Died	657
Issue	Jayavarman I
Names Phra KamrotengʼAnh Sri Bhavavarman (639) (วฺระ กมฺรตางฺ อญฺ ศฺรีภวรฺมฺม)
Dynasty	Varman
Religion	Hindu

Biography

King Bhavavarman II reigned shortly from 639 to 657 AD between Isanavarman I and Jayavarman I. He was of unknown origin, neither the son nor the approved successor to Isanavarman I. He was the successor to the throne from King Isanvarman I (Khmer: ឦសានវម៌្មទី១), but there is no evidence as to whether he was the son of Ishavarman I. Scholars speculate that he may have been one of the princes in the royal family or was one of the sons of Issavaraman I, which still has no consensus on this assumption. He made many inscriptions, but none of them mentioned his history.^[1][2]

When King Bhavavarman II died, King Jayavarman I, his son, succeeded to the throne. When King Jayavarman I died without a male heir, his granddaughter, Jayadevi, ascended to the throne. During this time, the Chenla was in full swing with political turmoil and her reign was disputed, leading to the division of the state of Upper Chenla and Lower Chenla.^[1]

References

1. Coedès, George (1968). Walter F. Vella (บ.ก.). The Indianized States of Southeast Asia. trans.Susan Brown Cowing. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-0368-1.
2. សៀវភៅសិក្សាសង្គម ថ្នាក់ទី១០ ឆ្នាំ២០១៧ របស់ក្រសួងអប់រំយុវជននិងកីឡា ទំព័រទី១៤១

Preceded by Isanavarman I

King of Chenla 639–657 AD

Succeeded by Jayavarman I