Khmer Empire

The Khmer Empire (Khmer: ចក្រភពខ្មែរ), or the Angkorian Empire, are the terms that historians use to refer to Cambodia from the 9th century to the 15th century when the nation was a Hindu/Buddhist empire in Southeast Asia. The empire grew out of the former civilizations of Funan and Chenla, at times ruled over and/or vassalised most of mainland Southeast Asia and parts of Southern China, stretching from the tip of the Indochinese Peninsula northward to modern Yunnan province, China, and from Vietnam westward to Myanmar.

Quotes

• In the Hindu kingdom of Kambuja, a Chinese author writes : “More than a thousand Brahmans from India reside there...(and) read their books day and night.
  • R.C. Majumdar, Advanced history of India, quoted from K.S. Lal , Growth of Muslim Population in Medieval India (1973)30-31

• In the temples of Borobudur and Angkor Vat ‘ the style of sculpture follows the classic models of Gupta India’.
  • D. Hall, History of South east asia, quoted from K.S. Lal , Growth of Muslim Population in Medieval India (1973) 30-31