A cikin 802 AD, sarkin farko na Angkor Jayavarman II ya ayyana ikon mallakar Cambodia. Bayan tashin hankali, ya kafa babban birninsa a Hariharalaya. Bayan 'yan shekarun da suka gabata, magajinsa sun gina Bakong a matakai a matsayin dutsen haikalin dutsen dutse na farko a Angkor. Rubutun da ke kan stele (wanda aka rarraba K.826) ya ce a cikin 881 Sarki Indravarman na sadaukar da haikalin ga allahn Shiva kuma ya tsarkake hoton addini na tsakiya, lingam wanda sunan Sri Indresvara ya kasance haɗuwa da sunan sarki da kuma suffix "-esvara" wanda ya tsaya ga Shiva ("Iśvara"). Dangane da George Coedès, addinin Yasovar ya ƙunshi ra'ayin sarauta na allahntaka a matsayin ikon sarauta na sarauta, amma daga baya marubucin ya bayyana cewa ba lallai ba ne ya zama mutum na farko a dutsen dutsen dutsen Angkor.
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