[1] The legend of Baksey Chamkrong, which originated in Wat Vihear Suor, is told in the Cambodian Royal Chronicles, and it is presented here in the version published by Mak Phoeun in 1984.
Upon arrival, they were asked to put the palms of their hands and the soles of their feet on flour, and if there was no trace of the sign of the wheel, they were released.
While the men were arguing, making a mess to look at the traces on the flour, Ta Kohé, sensing the danger, grabbed Baksei Cham Krong, carried him in his arms and fled.
They brought this matter to the attention of His Majesty who ordered the troops to be raised to pursue and arrest Baksei Cham Krong.
In the morning, they left their place of rest, and arriving on the edge of the river, they did not find a boat to cross to the other bank.
[4] This claim has not been accepted by other historians as it contains historical inconsistencies and confusions of different literary genres; Khmer inscriptions and royal chronicles.
It is an antithesis of the myths related to the separation of the Kingdom of Sukhotai led by Bang Klang Hao assisted by a local ally, Pho Khun Pha Mueang.
[7] There is to the north of Angkor, that is to say, symbolically on the side of "death", a small strange and ruined temple, called the Prasat Baksey Cham Krong.
The Prasat had a certain predisposition to receiving this new legend as it already kept the record of another legend of origin with its own inscription of the 10th century, which Georges Coedes had described as a summary of the history of Cambodia from its origin until the reign of king Rajendravarman:[9] according to this inscription, an ascetic named Kambu received in marriage an Apsara named Mera, with the blessing of Siva.
It is popularly believed that a secret tunnel leads from Oudong to a grotto on nearby Phnom Baset that had supposedly been consecrated to Buddhism by the legendary king Baksei Chamkrong, though this is inconsistent historically as Buddhism was not yet state religion in Cambodia at the time when the legend supposedly occurred.