Indravarman III

Indravarman III (died 1308), also titled Srindravarman, ruled the Khmer Empire from 1295. As commander of the army he took the throne when his father-in-law Jayavarman VIII abdicated. The king's daughter stole the royal Sacred Sword for him; the crown prince was seized, mutilated and imprisoned.

After suppressing resistance, Indravarman was crowned and married the princess to legitimize his rule. A Theravada Buddhist, he made that school the state religion. In 1296 the Chinese envoy Zhou Daguan visited his Angkor court and later wrote the Customs of Cambodia, which records that a recent Siamese war had devastated the country.