Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. Asian
6. Southeast Asian
7. Cambodian (culture or style)
8. Transitional (Cambodian)

Anotations

Scope note:

Designates the period and style during the reign of King Jayavarman II (802-850 CE). Artistic production of this period was motivated by Khmer independence, the centralization and deification of the Khmer monarchy, the establishment of the devaraja cult as the official state religion, and the reunification of the old kingdom of Chen-la, which later incited the formation and expansion of the Angkor empire. The style and Angkorean culture under the 9th century king of Cambodia, Jayavarman II