Jayavarman must have known that political chaos and incessant warfare had contributed to the region's weakness, and had brought about his own capture and exile to Java. At the same time, he might have been discouraged by the fact that many small principalities still lay unconquered to the north of the escarpment (that today marks the northern frontier of Cambodia). Unceasing warfare seemed still to surround him. We don't know who got the word first whether it was Jayavarman II or Sivakaivalya, or some other among the young king's advisors. But some among them heard that there was some learned man away off in the extreme northeast. That man was called Hiranadama- literally "Silver Arrow but we might refer to him as "Silver Bullet," after the ordnance used to slay malevolent creatures. "Silver Bullet" was offering such magic at what price we do not know. He offered to teach Jayavarman ll's chaplain some secret magic incantations that would make the king superior to all other kings on earth, including even the rulers of Java. This would have amounted to a break. through, and Jayavarman could hardly resist. A meeting was arranged for the summit of Phnom Kulen, just north of the ocation of Angkor At the appointed time, Hiranadama arrived, probably alone from Janapada, far away in the northeast. As a later inscription explains,