Vyadhapura

Vyadhapura

វ្យាធបុរៈ
Vyadhapura Location in Cambodia
Location	Ba Phnum District, Prey Veng
Region	Southeast Asia
Coordinates	11.256299°N 105.401051°E / 11.256299; 105.401051
History
Builder	Hun P'an-huang
Founded	late 2nd century AD
Abandoned	618 AD
Periods	Middle Ages
Site notes
Condition	restored and ruined
Public access	Yes
Architecture
Architectural styles	Angkor Borei, Phnom Da, and Phnom Chisor

Vyadhapura (Khmer: វ្យាធបុរៈ, Sanskrit: व्याधपूर Vyādhapūra) was an ancient city of the Funan civilization, likely in what is now Ba Phnum District in the province of Prey Veng, Cambodia.^[1][2]

History

Vyadhapura, the city of the hunter king, named in honour of Hun P'an-huang. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Funan early in its history, located near the Funan's sacred mountain of Ba Phnom.^[3] Chinese reports indicated that it was about 193,121 km or 120 miles from the sea.

According to Paul Pelliot, Vyadhapura was the capital of Water Chenla [km] (Lower Chenla).^[4]

References

1. Hall, D.G.E. (1981). A History of South-East Asia, Fourth Edition. Hong Kong: Macmillan Education Ltd. p. 25. ISBN 0-333-24163-0.
2. Tarling, Nicholas (1999). The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia Volume 1 Part 1 From early times to c. 1500. Cambridge, England, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. pp. 184, 192. ISBN 0-521-66369-5.
3. Hall, K. R. (1982). The “Indianization” of Funan: An Economic History of Southeast Asia’s First State. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 13(1), 81–106. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20070472
4. Sharan, Mahesh Kumar (2003). Studies In Sanskrit Inscriptions Of Ancient Cambodia. Abhinav Publications. p. 32. ISBN 978-81-7017-006-8.