The Great Ones · Southeast Asia
Suryavarman II
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Suryavarman II

c. 1094–1150

Khmer king who built Angkor Wat, the largest religious monument on earth.

Suryavarman II (c. 1094–1150) endures among the great of Southeast Asia. Khmer king who built Angkor Wat, the largest religious monument on earth.

Across the medieval age, this life and its works passed into the shared inheritance of humankind — kept here so the memory is never lost.

Honored among the Great Ones of every civilization. Africa is the cradle of humankind; in the deepest sense, these are everyone’s ancestors — and so this name is kept, from the cradle of humanity to all its children.

Submitted with honor.

Submitted by the Honored Ancestors Editorial Committee.