place_of_birth jayavarman v
___MASK67___ (" Capital City ") was the capital city of Khmer Empire , which flourished from approximately the 9th to 15th centuries . ___MASK67___ was a megacity supporting at least 0 . 1 % of the global population during 1010 - 1220 . The city houses the magnificent ___MASK67___ Wat , one of Cambodia ' s popular tourist attractions . The Khmer Empire , officially the ___MASK67___ Empire , the predecessor state to modern Cambodia (" Kampuchea " or " Srok Khmer " to the Khmer people ), was a powerful Hindu - Buddhist empire in Southeast Asia . The empire , which grew out of the former kingdoms of Funan and Chenla , at times ruled over and / or vassalised most of mainland Southeast Asia . ___MASK49___ Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion ___MASK69___ Asia , consisting ___MASK69___ the countries that are geographically south ___MASK69___ ___MASK43___ , east ___MASK69___ India , west ___MASK69___ New Guinea and north ___MASK69___ Australia . The region lies near the intersection ___MASK69___ geological plates , with heavy seismic and volcanic activity . ___MASK49___ Asia consists ___MASK69___ two geographic regions : Mainland ___MASK49___ Asia , also known as the Indochinese ___MASK86___ and previously Indochina , is the continental portion ___MASK69___ ___MASK49___ Asia lying east ___MASK69___ India and south ___MASK69___ ___MASK43___ , bounded by the Indian Ocean to the west and the Pacific Ocean to the east . ___MASK61___ ( or Kampuchea ), officially known as the Kingdom ___MASK69___ ___MASK61___ ( Preh Réachéanachâk Kâmpchéa ), is a country located in the southern portion ___MASK69___ the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia . It is in area , bordered by Thailand to the northwest , Laos to the northeast , Vietnam to the east , and the Gulf ___MASK69___ Thailand to the southwest . Khmer people are a ___MASK49___ Asian ethnic group native to ___MASK61___ , accounting for approximately 90 % ___MASK69___ the country ' s 15 . 2 million people . They speak the Khmer language , which is part ___MASK69___ the larger Austroasiatic language family found throughout eastern and central India and Bangladesh , in ___MASK49___ Asia , South ___MASK43___ and numerous islands in the Indian Ocean . Chenla is the Chinese designation for the successor polity ___MASK69___ the Kingdom ___MASK69___ Funan preceding the Khmer Empire that existed from around the late sixth to the early ninth century in Indochina . The name was still used in the 13th century by the Chinese envoy Zhou Daguan , author ___MASK69___ " The Customs ___MASK69___ Cambodia ". However , modern historiography applies the name exclusively to the period from the late 6th to the early ninth century . It is dubious if " Chenla " ever existed as a unitary kingdom or if this is a misconception by Chinese chronists . Most modern historians believe that " Chenla " was in fact just a series ___MASK69___ loose and temporary confederations ___MASK69___ principalities . Jayavarman V ( Khmer :          ) was a ruler ___MASK69___ the Khmer Empire from his state temple , Jayendranagari , at Jayendrapura . Hindu refers to any person who regards themselves as culturally , ethnically , or religiously adhering to aspects ___MASK69___ Hinduism . It has historically been used as a geographical , cultural , rather than a religious identifier for people indigenous to South Asia .