Jayavarman VII

King of the Khmer Empire

c. 1122 – 1218 · 96 years · Angkor · Asia

Buddhist king under whom the Khmer Empire reached its greatest extent; he built Angkor Thom and the Bayon temple.

Portrait: Suzan Black · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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