Jayavarman III.

Jayavarman III. was the son of Jayavarman II and the second ruler of the Kingdom of Angkor.

An inscription from Prasat Sak describes: ". As he did not succeed on a hunt to catch a wild elephant, promised him the deity that they would hold the animal for him if he sure built her a shrine " Some temples are then in the reign of Jayavarman III. been dated, although there is no direct inscriptions. He may have a construction project just started, but which was then overshadowed by its more sophisticated successor projects Indravarman I..

Jayavarman III. died in 877, possibly in the hunt for a wild elephant.

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