The king's sons, Princes

Four sons are named.

Suryakumara, for whom (or by whom, the French article says) the Ta Prohm stele of 1186 was set up, is called crown prince in one reading. Virakumara, son of Rajendradevi, wrote the great stele of Preah Khan (1191). Srindrakumara, called crown prince (rajaputra) at Banteay Chhmar, is the prince whom four companions in arms are said to have saved twice, once against Rahu and once in a campaign against Champa (stele K.

227, undated); he died before his father, but when is not known. Indravarman II (born Indrakumara), who succeeds about 1218, is said to be a son of Jayarajadevi. A fifth, Tamalinda, became a monk in Sri Lanka (Coedes pp. 178, 180). Which of them is the heir on 1 January 1200 is not pinned, and an appanage is attested for none.

Who he is

Name: Suryakumara, Virakumara, Srindrakumara
Title: Princes (kumara) of the royal house; the heir is not named for 1 January 1200
Since: not known
Born: not known; all grown men by 1186 and 1191 (they wrote or are named in the stelae)
Family: Sons of Jayavarman VII: Virakumara was born of Rajendradevi (French Wikipedia); the mothers of the others are not given there; English Wikipedia's Indravarman II page names Jayarajadevi as mother of Indrakumara, later Indravarman II.
Confidence: medium for the names, low for their offices and ages

French Wikipedia (Jayavarman VII; Banteay Chhmar: K. 227 names the crown prince Srindrakumara, who died before his father); English Wikipedia (Jayavarman VII; Indravarman II).

What it holds

Banteay Chhmar, the temple city on the north-west road with the war reliefs and the stele of the four companions (Srindrakumara's memorial)
Suryakumara's and Virakumara's offices: not known

How things stand that morning

Not pinned: Srindrakumara may already be dead; Suryakumara or Virakumara could be the heir; Indravarman II is the successor c. 1218.

Military

Srindrakumara commanded or served in a Cham campaign on the north-west road side (K. 227), undated; the four companions are not named in the text we could read.

Threats

A contested succession on the old king's death

What the year holds

What happened next, if nothing in play changes it. Each event carries what it depends on and what would stop it.

about 1218Indravarman II succeeds.Depends on: The old king's death. Stopped by: A rival among the other sons.

Places of note

Banteay Chhmar: Temple city with the war reliefs and the stele of the prince.

Where the sources disagree

English Wikipedia (Jayavarman VII) lists Suryakumara, Virakumara, Srindrakumara and Indravarman II; French Wikipedia says the third son 'possibly the same as Suryakumara' succeeded as Indravarman II. We do not pin the identification.

Evidence: Names from stelae, offices from later reading.

On the map: A small disc round the temple city; no appanage is attested.

Primary sources for Khmer empire

Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.

The Abridged History of Viet, Anonymous (attributed by some to Su Hy Nhan) (about 1377, probably as an abridgement of Le Van Huu's lost history of 1272). The oldest surviving Vietnamese history, a century older than the Complete Annals and in places fuller for the Ly dynasty, which fills its second and third books.
The Complete Annals of Dai Viet, Ngo Si Lien, drawing on Le Van Huu's Dai Viet su ky (1272) and Phan Phu Tien; continued by Pham Cong Tru and Le Hi (1479; printed 1697 in the standard Chinh Hoa edition). The main narrative source for Dai Viet in 1200, compiled in 1479 from Le Van Huu's lost history of 1272. Read online
The later Tai, Lao and Mon chronicles of the north, Ratanapanna (Jinakalamali); Bodhiramsi (Chamadevivamsa); anonymous monks and court scribes (the Chamadevivamsa about 1410; the Jinakalamali 1516 to 1528; the Chiang Mai Chronicle in its surviving form 1827; the Nithan Khun Borom 16th to 17th century). There is no text of 1200 for the Mon kingdom of Haripunjaya, the Tai muang of Ngoenyang (Chiang Saen), Chiang Rung, the Yom and Nan valleys, or the Lao middle Mekong.
History of Song, chapters 488 and 489: Jiaozhi, Dali, Champa, Zhenla, Pagan, Srivijaya, Java, Brunei, Chola and Tambralinga, Toqto'a (Tuotuo) and the Yuan history office, from the Song court records (1343 to 1345, from Song veritable records and court diaries). The Chinese court's record of its southern neighbours, compiled from Song archives. Read online
History of the Song, the chapters on Xia and on foreign states, Toqto'a (脫脫) and the Yuan history office (1343 to 1345). The Song court's accounts of its neighbours, each arranged as an annal of embassies and wars. Read online
Corpus of the Inscriptions of Campa (EFEO and ISAW), Various (the Cham kings and their officers), edited by Arlo Griffiths, Amandine Lepoutre, William Southworth and Thanh Phan (inscriptions of the 4th to 15th centuries; the online corpus from 2012). The online edition of the Cham inscriptions, with photographs, texts and translations, keyed to the C. numbers. Read online
The Inscriptions of Cambodia, Various (the Khmer kings and their officers), edited by George Coedes (inscriptions of the 6th to 14th centuries; edited 1937 to 1966). The Khmer empire of 1200 is known almost entirely from the great foundation stelae of Jayavarman VII (reigning from 1181), which Coedes edited: the Ta Prohm stele of 1186 (K. Read online
The Sanskrit inscriptions of Cambodia and Champa (ISCC), Various (Khmer and Cham kings), edited by Auguste Barth and Abel Bergaigne (inscriptions of the 7th to 12th centuries; edited 1885 to 1893). The founding edition of Khmer and Cham Sanskrit epigraphy, public domain and online, which Coedes's later corpus supersedes but does not replace. Read online

5 more in the sources library for Mainland Southeast Asia.

Sources and studies

Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.