Angkorian Period Part 2
Jayavarman II was the first of a long succession of kings who presided over the rise and fall of South-East Asian empire that was to live behind the stunning legacy of Ankor. The first records of the massive irrigation works that supported the population of Ankor begin in the reign of Indravarman I (reigned 889-889).
His rule also marks the beginning of Angkorian art, which the building of the temples in the Roluos area, notably the Bakong. His son, Yasovarman I (reigned 889-910), move the royal court to Ankor proper, establishing a temple mountain on Phnom Bakheng.
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