Ponhea Yat
Ponhea Yat (Khmer: ពញាយ៉ាត [ˌpɔɲiəˈjaːt]; 1394–1463),[1] also known as Barom Reachea II (Khmer: បរមរាជាទី២ [ˌɓɑrɔmriəˈciə tiːpiː]; Thai: บรมราชาธิราช, RTGS: Borommarachathirat), was the last king of the Khmer Empire and the first king of Cambodia.
| Ponhea Yat Barom Reachea II | |
|---|---|
| King of the Khmer Empire | |
| Reign | 1417–1431 |
| Predecessor | Pnhea Prek |
| Successor | Himself, as King of Cambodia |
| King of Cambodia | |
| Reign | 1431–1463 |
| Predecessor | Himself, as King of the Khmer Empire |
| Successor | Noreay Reachea |
| Born | 1394 Yasodharapura, Khmer Empire (now in Siem Reap, Cambodia) |
| Died | 1463 (aged 68–69) Krong Chaktomuk, Cambodia |
| Burial | |
| Spouse | Sri Sraniem Tevi Kesar |
| Issue | Noreay Reachea Srey Reachea Thommo Reachea |
| Father | Sri Soryovong |
| Religion | Buddhism |
Ponhea Yat complained to the Yongle Emperor in 1408 and 1414 of raids by the Champa King Jaya Simhavarman V.[2]: 114, 218 He dispatched Kun Si-li Ren-nong-la to visit China.[3]
He was forced to flee Yasodharapura in 1431 as it was indefensible against attack by the Siamese, resettling first in Basan (Srey Santhor), and after 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.
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References
- Chun, Chanboth (29 July 2014). "ប្រវត្តិព្រះបាទព្ញាយ៉ាតរំដោះក្រុងអង្គរពីសៀម". Radio Free Asia. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- Maspero, G., 2002, The Champa Kingdom, Bangkok: White Lotus Co., Ltd., ISBN 9747534991
- "Entry - Southeast Asia in the Ming Shi-lu". epress.nus.edu.sg. Archived from the original on 2007-05-21.
- 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.