The Khmer Empire, aka Angkor, aka Cambujadesh, was, which is typical, on the territory of present-day Cambodia. Khmeria)) The capital was in the city of Angkor, but since it was an Empire, it covered the territories of present-day Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand. The state language … oh. The imperial language was Khmer (Cambodian … Cambodian … I will call it by the name of the empire: Cambujadesh!)
About how it was with the transvestites in Kambujadeshchina - information has not reached us, let's leave it to the modern Tai. The population there was engaged in Buddhism, Brahmanism, picking coconuts from palm trees, changing sex (not a fact !!), building an empire and, for sure, conquests. And by choosing a name for themselves, who are they all the same: the Khmers? Or Cambujadeshtanis? (this is a joke)))
This small, but certainly very proud empire of Hindustan took place, as it is believed, in the 800-900s. That is one thousand (1100) years ago. The starting point is the king (now, I will copy his name)), King Indravarman First (aka Isvaraloka). The construction of irrigation canals and other signs of civilizational activity began. That is, it was no longer a small handful of scattered states with their own personal interests, but a large, serious empire with global tasks for the benefit of the people.
The Khmer Empire is highlighted in red.
And after 500-600 years, in the 1500s, it took over and disappeared. Has resolved))) Leaving us a legacy of many small religious objects and two large ones, namely the Khmer temples of Angkor Wat and Bayon.
Angkor Wat.
Bayon Temple
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And here is the main riddle that worries all interested parties.
Why did the Khmer Empire cease to exist? She is Thai. She is Kambujadesha.
Well, it would seem, she ceased to exist and ceased, Buddha is with her. However, the question is urgent not only for archaeologists and historians. Those who do not remember the past are doomed to relive it anew. And also disintegrate. Aren't there few empires and countries now "dissolving"? Moreover, the United States was already beginning to form, but the State Department and American embassies did not yet exist, and the Khmer Empire took over and collapsed. How so, why ???
Until now, the state of Ayutthaya (Ayutthaya) was considered the main culprit of the collapse of the empire. Although there were other versions and in general there was no unequivocal answer, and with Ayuttia, the Khmers constantly raced in the Menam Valley. On the map, Ayutia is marked with a nasty purple color trending in 2018.
Ayutya seems to be a small education, but they were supported - who? Who is now in the world stronger than all, all blush and developing? Of course, the Chinese. Specifically, the Chinese Ming Empire. Moreover, Ayuttia, waging war, existed long after the death of Khmeria, until it was conquered by the present Burma (Myanmar). Well, then India also moved there, causing irritation in China … But let us return to the events of half a millennium ago and today.
American archaeologists from the University of Oregon conducted excavations in the very complex of Angkor Wat, "the hallmark of Thailand."
Angkor Wat.
Well, there - the excavation of burial mounds, remnants of fires for cooking, pieces of pottery … The result of the expedition: people settled this territory in the 11th century, a hundred years later Angkor Wat was built, the surrounding system of mounds, irrigation, etc. However, after that, the cultural layer is absent right up to the 15th century. The next time people came here exactly at the time when the Khmer Empire allegedly collapsed due to the war with Ayutia.
A general summary of the archaeologists is published in Science Alert. The collapse of the Khmer Empire is a common degradation against the backdrop of snickering rulers. Well, or the degradation of the empire for some other reason, but not the military invasion of Ayuttia. (And not even because of the opening of the US Embassy))))