father predecessor successor death_date title article_title name reign
viravarman bhavavarman i isanavarman i 611 king mahendravarman
 mahendravarman i 590-611
mahendravarman

mahendravarman -lrb- ; also titled `` citrasena '' -rrb- was a king of the cambodian kingdom of kamboja , or chenla , in 6th century ad , which would later become the khmer empire .
he was the brother or cousin of bhavavarman i , whom he helped conquer the kingdom of funan , and succeeded as king .
after bhavavarman 's death , mahendravarman took his throne in the capital at sambor prei kuk on the same time hiranyavarman was ruling cambodia .
mahendravarman sent an ambassador to champa to `` ensure friendship between the two countries . ''
after the death of mahendravarman , his son isanavarman had taken the control of the kingdom , where his father ruled for several years .
he ruled the kingdom until 628 .
