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Territory of Champa (light green) after Champa–Đại Việt War (1471) 1801 map of Southeast Asia by John Cary showing Panduranga Champa (Tsiompa) Former Cham territories after the Vietnamese annexation of Panduranga in 1832.
Mỹ Sơn (Vietnamese pronunciation: [mǐˀ səːn]) is a cluster of abandoned and partially ruined Shaiva Hindu temples in central Vietnam, constructed between the 4th and the 13th century by the Kings of Champa, an Indianized kingdom of the Cham people.
In Kauthara province in 774, Champa's Siva-linga temple of Po Nagar was assaulted and demolished. [83] Champa source mentioned their invader as foreigners, sea-farers, eaters of inferior food, of frightful appearance, extraordinarily black and thin. [84] The 774 assault by the Javanese happened in the rule of Isvaraloka (Satyavarman).
What is now Phan Rang was formerly known as Panduranga, a principality of Champa kingdom. The territory of Panduranga with its capital Phan Rang. In 757, the southern Champa polity of Panduranga was founded with local autonomy granted by the Champa king. Phan Rang then quickly rose as its religious and cultural center.
The King of Champa then became an ally of the Johor Sultanate; in 1594, Champa sent its military forces to fight alongside Johor against the Portuguese occupation of Malacca. [35] Between 1607 and 1676, one of the Champa kings converted to Islam and it became a dominant feature of Cham society. The Chams also adopted the Jawi alphabet. [36]
The Cham king Rudravarman III was defeated and captured and offered Champa's three northern provinces to Dai Viet (present-day Quảng Bình and Quảng Trị provinces). [4]: 62, 186 [5] In Champa at the time there were two ruling kings–Parameśvaravarman and Rudravarman III–in Nha Trang and Phan Rang, respectively.
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Vat Phou (or Vat Phu; Lao: ວັດພູ [wāt pʰúː] temple-mountain) is a ruined Khmer-Hindu temple complex with Champa influences in southern Laos and one of the oldest places of worship in Southeast Asia. It is at the base of mount Phou Khao, some 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from the Mekong in Champasak province.