Ancient Indian Colonization in South-East Asia c9.90

c9.90

These two powerful Thai tribes in their fresh vigour pressed Kambuja very hard both from the east and the west. For centuries Kambuja remained the helpless victim of her two pitiless aggressive neighbours. Then it fell a prey to the colonial imperialism of France about the middle of the 19th century A.D., and the remnant of the mighty Hindu empire of Kambuja became a French Protectorate. The king of Kambuja still follows the old ceremony by which Yaśovarman, Rājendra-varman, Sūrya-varman and Jaya-varman were consecrated to the throne, and receives the sword of Indra from the Brāhmaṇa descendants of the old priests, but he is nothing more than a mere shadow or a puppet in the hands of a foreign power.