Suryavarman I

Posthumous name
	Nirvanapada

Suryavarman I
សូរ្យវរ្ម័នទី១
Suryavarman I; សូរ្យវរ្ម័នទី១;
King
Reign	1006–1050
Predecessor	Jayavarman V
Successor	Udayadityavarman II
Died	1050
Posthumous name
Posthumous name
	Nirvanapada
Religion	Mahayana Buddhism

Suryavarman I (Khmer: សូរ្យវរ្ម័នទី១; posthumously Nirvanapada) was king of the Khmer Empire from 1006 to 1050.^[1]^{: 134–135} Suryavarman usurped King Udayadityavarman I, defeating his armies in approximately 1002. After a protracted war with Udayadityavarman's would-be successor, Jayavirahvarman,^[2] Suryavarman I claimed the throne in 1010. Suryavarman was a Mahayana Buddhist^[1]^: 134 who was also tolerant of the growing Theravada Buddhist presence in the Khmer kingdom.

^ ^a ^b 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.
^ "Suryavarman I". Encyclopædia Britannica. 2014. Archived from the original on October 19, 2014. Retrieved February 24, 2014.

[Coedes-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] "Suryavarman I". Encyclopædia Britannica. 2014. Archived from the original on October 19, 2014. Retrieved February 24, 2014.

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