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  2. Chenla - Wikipedia

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    Chenla or Zhenla (Chinese: 真臘; pinyin: Zhēnlà; Wade–Giles: Chen-la; Khmer: ចេនឡា, romanized: Chénla, Khmer pronunciation:; Vietnamese: Chân Lạp) is the Chinese designation for the vassal of the kingdom of Funan [1] preceding the Khmer Empire that existed from around the late 6th to the early 9th century in Indochina.

  3. Traditional Chinese timekeeping - Wikipedia

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    kè has been defined as 1 ⁄ 96 of a day since 1628, so the modern kè equals 15 minutes and each double hour contains exactly 8 kè. [2] Since then, kè has been used as shorthand to talk about time in 1 ⁄ 8 of a double hour or 1 ⁄ 4 of a single hour. Their usage is similar to using "quarter hour" for 15 minutes or "half an hour" for 30 ...

  4. List of Chinese encyclopedias - Wikipedia

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    Chinese-language Vietnamese encyclopedia, Lê Quý Đôn, 4 fascicles 1782: Qing dynasty: Complete Library of the Four Treasuries: Largest collection of Chinese history, philosophy, and literature, Ji Yun, 79,000 fascicles 1917: Republic of China: The Encyclopaedia Sinica: First English-language encyclopedia on China, 1 volume 1938: Republic of ...

  5. Isanavarman I - Wikipedia

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    [1]: 69 [2]: 294 The name Isanavarman was derived from the word Siva. King Isanavarman was also called Protégé of the Master Siva. [3] After Mahendravarman's death, Isanavarman took Isanapura as his capital. The Sambor Prei Kuk historical complex has been identified as Isanapura, the 7th century capital of Chenla. [4]

  6. Bhavavarman I - Wikipedia

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    Chinese records of the time indicate that Chitrasena was responsible for the conquest of Funan. The Chinese records also indicate that, around this time, the king of Funan was replaced, and that the new king was a 'wicked king' who did not support Buddhism. Bhavavarman belonged to the traditional Shaivite religion of Kamboja. [2]: 65, 67–68

  7. Mahendravarman (Chenla) - Wikipedia

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    Mahendravarman was a king of the kingdom of Chenla, modern day Cambodia, during the 6th century.Chenla was the direct predecessor of the Khmer empire.Citrasena was a ...

  8. English education in China - Wikipedia

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    The College English Test (CET) is the primary English language test in China. As of 2011, employers have made scores in the CET 4 and CET 6 requirements for employment, and The Lowdown on China's Higher Education stated that in China "CET 4 and CET 6 National English examinations have become the symbol of English proficiency in reading and writing."

  9. Jayadevi - Wikipedia

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    Because inscriptions, dated between 681 and 713, don't name a sovereign and Chinese records state that the kingdom split into Land Chenla and Water Chenla after 707. [ 1 ] In 713, she left an inscription at Angkor in which she laments the bad times of the kingdom, and mention the donation she made to the sanctuary of Siva Tripurankata , which ...