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Ponhea Yat

Ponhea Yat
Barom Reachea II
King of the Khmer Empire
Reign1417–1431
PredecessorIn Reachea
SuccessorHimself, as King of Cambodia
King of Cambodia
Reign1431–1463
PredecessorHimself, as King of the Khmer Empire
SuccessorNoreay Reachea
Born1394
Yasodharapura, Khmer Empire
Died1463 (aged 68–69)
Chaktomuk, Cambodia
Burial
SpouseSri Sraniem
Tevi
Kesar
IssueNoreay Reachea
Srey Reachea
Thommo Reachea
FatherSri Soryovong
ReligionBuddhism

Ponhea Yat (Khmer: ពញាយ៉ាត pronounced [pʰɲiə.jaːt]; RTGSPhaya Yat; 1394–1463)[1] also known as Barom Reachea II (Khmer: បរមរាជាទី២ pronounced [ɓɑː.rɔːm.riə.ˈciə tiː piː]; Thai: บรมราชาธิราช, RTGSBorommarachathirat), was the last king of the Khmer Empire.

He dispatched Kun Si-li Ren-nong-la to visit China.[2]

Chau Ponea Yat complained to the Yongle Emperor in 1408 and 1414 of raids by the Champa King Jaya Simhavarman V.[3]:114,218

He was forced to flee Yasodharapura in 1431 as indefensible against the Siamese, resettling first in Basan (Srey Santhor), and after that it became flooded, to Chaktomuk (now part of Phnom Penh).[4]:236–237

In Phnom Penh, the king ordered the land to be built up to protect it from flooding, and a palace to be built. During his reign King Ponhea Yat also ordered the construction of six Buddhist monasteries around the city, and his remains are housed in a stupa behind the Wat Phnom.

King Ponhea Yat was succeeded on his death by his first son Noreay Reachea, who reigned until 1469 and who was succeeded in turn by Ponhea Yat's second son, Srey Reachea.

Stupa of Ponhea Yat at Wat Phnom.

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References

  1. ^ Chun, Chanboth (29 July 2014). "ប្រវត្តិព្រះបាទព្ញាយ៉ាតរំដោះក្រុងអង្គរពីសៀម". Radio Free Asia. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  2. ^ http://epress.nus.edu.sg/msl/entry/907
  3. ^ Maspero, G., 2002, The Champa Kingdom, Bangkok: White Lotus Co., Ltd., ISBN 9747534991
  4. ^ 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.
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Thoma Saok
King of the Khmer Empire
1417–1431
Succeeded by
None
Preceded by
Thoma Saok
King of Cambodia
1431–1463
Succeeded by
Narayana Racha


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