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Rudravarman
រុទ្រវម៌្ម
Rudravarman
King of Funan
Reign514 - 540
PredecessorKaundinyajayavarman
SuccessorPvirakvarman I
ContenderKulaprabhavati (514-517)[1]
HouseHouse of Kaundinya
DynastyVarman
FatherKaundinyajayavarman
MotherKaundinyajayavarman's concubine[2]
ReligionHinduism

Rudravarman (Khmer: រុទ្រវម៌្ម, Rudravarmman Chinese: 留陁跋摩; pinyin: Liútuóbámó), was the last king of Funan.

Biography

Rudravarman was the last king of Funan, as mentioned by the Chinese annals.[citation needed] He was the eldest son of Jayavarman Kaundinya and was born of a concubine. After the death of his father, he murdered the legitimate heir, his half-brother Gunavarman, and seized the throne in the year 514. Until at least 517 he was involved in a power struggle with his step mother, Queen Kulaprabhavati, who was supported by his opponents.[1]

He subsequently sent embassies in China in the years 517, 519, 520, 530, 535 and 539.[citation needed] He even proposed to give a hair of the Buddha to the Emperor of China, if the sovereign agreed to send the monk Che Yun Pao to Funan.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ a b Jacobsen, Trudy (2008). Lost Goddesses: The Denial of Female Power in Cambodian History. NIAS Press. pp. 22–23. ISBN 978-87-7694-001-0.
  2. ^ Kenneth T. So. "Preah Khan Reach and The Genealogy of Khmer Kings" (PDF). Cambosastra. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-07-08. Retrieved March 2, 2017.

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Preceded byJayavarman Kaundinya King of Funan 514-550 Succeeded byPvirakvarman I
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