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North seems to be more correct because these Cambodian rulers were the Aryans and they had to shift to India during an upsurge among he local tribes of that place. It is a well doumented fact that Bharat, the eldest son of Lord Rishabh was made the ruler of Bharavarsha and he established cities in India having the similar popular names such as Ayodhya, Champa, Chadapuri, Signhpuri, Vaisali, Hastinapur etc. The Aryans were the strong followers of Jaina faith, hence even after they settl4dm in India they built the famous temples such Angkorvat (Five Meru temples), 52 towered temple Angkorthom etc. with a stone structure, since by the start of 9th century the Indians had become expert in building temples with stone structures. The same technology they used in consructing the Borobudur, Angkor temples etc, in the south-east Asian region.
As mentioned earlier that Thailand ,Cambodia, Vietnam Laos seem to be Videha regions since an inscription at Angkorvat mentions about the visit of Muni Kundakunda at Angkorvat and in jaina literature he is supposd to have visited Videha region. In Burma, even now one part of Burma is called Ayerawat region (see fig. ). One may find the names of two rivers. There has been an inscription in Vedal, Wandwash Taluk, North Arcot dstrict in India on a boulder in font of a natural cave about King Aditya of Red river and Black river in the map (Fig. ) the same names of rivers have appeared as Rakta and Raktoda rivers in the Ayerawat region according to Tilloyapanati. Hence confidently it can be ascetained that these are the famous and revered Videha and Ayerawat regions of Jambodvipa.
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