Vyadhapura
វ្យាធបុរៈ
Vyadhapura is located in Cambodia
Vyadhapura
Vyadhapura
Location in Cambodia
LocationBa Phnum District, Prey Veng
RegionSoutheast Asia
Coordinates11°15′23″N 105°24′04″E / 11.256299°N 105.401051°E / 11.256299; 105.401051
History
BuilderHun P'an-huang
Foundedlate 2nd century AD
Abandoned618 AD
PeriodsMiddle Ages
Site notes
Conditionrestored and ruined
Public accessYes
Architecture
Architectural stylesAngkor 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.
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