Vīravarman

Viravarman
វីរៈវរ្ម័ន
Viravarman; វីរៈវរ្ម័ន
Viravarman
King of Chenla
Reign	560 – 575 AD
Predecessor	Sreshthavarman
Successor	Kambuja-raja-lakshmi
Born	Bhavapura
Issue	Mahendravarman; Bhavavarman I (son per current scholarship; stepson per older reconstruction — see context)
House	House of Bhavapura
Dynasty	Chenla
Father	Sārvabhauma
Religion	Hinduism

Viravarman (Khmer: វីរៈវរ្ម័ន, Viravarman) was the king of Chenla.^[1]

Biography

King Viravarman was from the House of Kaundinya (Lunar Dynasty). He was referred to in an inscription as the son of Sārvabhauma Rundravrma, the founder of the Chenla capital, Bhavapura. Michael Vickery reconstructs him as the father of King Mahendravarman and stepfather of King Bhavavarman I — held under this reading to be the son of King Prathivīndravarman by Viravarman's wife before her remarriage.^[2]^[3] A more recent reading of the Wat Ban Khwao inscription (Phimai district, Nakhon Ratchasima), by Kangwon Katchima and supported by Anurak Depimai, names Viravarman directly as father of both Mahendravarman and Bhavavarman I, making the stepfather arrangement above unnecessary and the two kings full brothers.^[4]^: 38, 41

References

↑ Kenneth T. So. "Preah Khan Reach and The Genealogy of Khmer Kings" (PDF). Cambosastra. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-07-08. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
↑ Michael Vickery. (2003). Funan Reviewed: Deconstructing the Ancients. Bulletin de l’École Française d’Extrême-Orient, 90/91, 101–143. http://www.jstor.org/stable/43732647
↑ Charles Higham (2004). Encyclopedia of Ancient Asian Civilizations (PDF). ISBN 9780816046409. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
↑ Depimai, Anurak (2025). "Ban Wang Phai Inscription: The Historical Context of The Relationship Between Si Thep Dvaravati and Chenla". Damrong Journal of the Faculty of Archaeology Silpakorn University [th] (in Thai). 24 (2). doi:10.14456/drj.2025.12. Archived from the original on 9 March 2026.

Preceded by

Sreshthavarman

King of Bhavapura
560 – 575 AD

Succeeded by

Kambuja-raja-lakshmi

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[1] Kenneth T. So. "Preah Khan Reach and The Genealogy of Khmer Kings" (PDF). Cambosastra. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-07-08. Retrieved March 2, 2017.

[2] Michael Vickery. (2003). Funan Reviewed: Deconstructing the Ancients. Bulletin de l’École Française d’Extrême-Orient, 90/91, 101–143. http://www.jstor.org/stable/43732647

[3] Charles Higham (2004). Encyclopedia of Ancient Asian Civilizations (PDF). ISBN 9780816046409. Retrieved March 14, 2023.

[anurak-4] Depimai, Anurak (2025). "Ban Wang Phai Inscription: The Historical Context of The Relationship Between Si Thep Dvaravati and Chenla". Damrong Journal of the Faculty of Archaeology Silpakorn University [th] (in Thai). 24 (2). doi:10.14456/drj.2025.12. Archived from the original on 9 March 2026.

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