Shekaru goma na rikici ya biyo bayan mutuwar Jayavarman V. Sarakuna uku sun yi mulki lokaci guda a matsayin masu adawa da juna har sai da Suryavarman I (mai mulki 1006-1050) ya hau kan karagar mulki ta hanyar daukar babban birnin Angkor.^{[24 <>]} Mulkinsa ya kasance alama ce ta ƙoƙarin hambarar da shi akai-akai da kuma rikicin soji da masarautun makwabta.^[26] Suryavarman Na kafa dangantakar diflomasiyya da daular Chola na kudancin Indiya a farkon mulkinsa.^[27] A cikin shekaru goma na farko na karni na 11, Kambuja ya shiga rikici da masarautar Tambralinga a cikin tsibirin Malay .^[26] Bayan ya tsira da dama daga maqiyansa, Suryavarman ya nemi taimako daga sarkin Chola mai iko Rajendra I akan Tambralinga.^[26] Bayan sanin dangantakar Suryavarman da Chola, Tambralinga ya nemi taimako daga sarkin Srivijaya Sangrama Vijayatungavarman.^[26] Wannan a ƙarshe ya haifar da Chola ya shiga rikici da Srivijaya.Yaƙin ya ƙare da nasara ga Chola da Kambuja, da kuma babbar asara ga Srivijaya da Tambralinga.^[26] Ƙungiyoyin biyu suna da bambancin addini, kamar yadda Chola da Kambuja sun kasance Hindu Shaivite, yayin da Tambralinga da Srivijaya sun kasance Mahayana Buddha.Akwai wasu alamu cewa, kafin ko bayan yaƙin, Suryavarman I ya ba da kyautar karusar ga Rajendra I don yiwuwar sauƙaƙe kasuwanci ko haɗin gwiwa.^[24]