Jayavarman III

Very little is known about Jayavarman II's son and successor, Jayavarman III (Khmer: ជ័យវរ្ម័នទី៣), or Vishnuloka, the second ruler of Angkor.^[1]: 103 The future Khmer king, Yasovarman I, claimed to be related to the brother of Jayavarman III's grandmother, Rudravarman.^[2] An inscription from Prasat Sak describes: "When he failed to capture a wild elephant while hunting, a divinity promised that he would secure the animal if he built a sanctuary."^[3] There are some temples dated to his reign though none said that they belonged to him. He may have begun a small construction project which was overshadowed by his more ambitious successor and builder, Indravarman I. He died in 877 probably from chasing a wild elephant.^[4]

Jayavarman III
King of the Khmer Empire
Reign	850 – 877
Predecessor	Jayavarman II
Successor	Indravarman I
Died	877
House	Varman Dynasty
Father	Jayavarman II
Religion	Hinduism

Notes

1. 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.
2. Briggs, L. (1951). The Ancient Khmer Empire. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 41(1), 61
3. Higham, The Civilization of Angkor p. 59
4. Briggs, The Ancient Khmer Empire p. 97

References

• Briggs, Lawrence Palmer. The Ancient Khmer Empire. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, 1951.
• Higham, Charles. The Civilization of Angkor. University of California Press, 2001.

Preceded by Jayavarman II	King of the Khmers 835–877	Succeeded by Indravarman I