[1][2] The Grande Inscription d'Angkor relates the return to Angkor of a court dignitary, a certain Oknha Jaiya Nan of Chey Non, in order to accomplish meritorious deeds.

[4] The Grande Inscription d'Angkor is a 53 line poem composed with 152 verses using three different meters followed by a colophon and engraved on a designated wall in the complex of Angkor Wat.

Divided in three parts with "true poetic inspiration" according to Khmer historian Mak Phoeun,[4] it is a poem rich in metaphor, literary allusion and Buddhist references.

There are references to the Rama, Srivikrama, Hanuman, Dhananjaya, and Preah Ketumala, the legendary builder of royal city as mentioned in The Poem of Angkor Wat,[8] showing that this last legend was already well ingrained in popular belief.

[10] The Grande Inscription d'Angkor is one of the proofs of the continuous presence of Khmer people in Angkor Wat, before the place was rediscovered by French missionary Bouillevaux and explorer Henri Mouhot.