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Champa

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Also known as Campā, Champā, Kingdom of Champā, Champā Empire, Campā Civilization

Champa was a collection of independent Cham polities that extended across the coast of what is present-day central and southern Vietnam from approximately the 2nd century AD until 1832.

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Champa was a series of independent kingdoms ruled by the Cham people that occupied the central and southern coast of what is now Vietnam, lasting from around the 2nd century AD until 1832. It matters as a significant historical civilization that shaped the region's cultural, political, and territorial development for over 1,600 years.

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Country.conventional_long_name
Kingdom of Champa
Country.native_name
Campapura, Campanagara, Nagaracampa, Nagarcam
Country.common_name
Champa
Country.p1
Sa Huỳnh culture
Country.s1
Nguyễn dynasty
Country.p2
Han dynasty#Eastern Han Eastern Han dynasty
Country.image_map
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Country.image_map_caption
The main Champa kingdom (yellow) before 1306 lay along the coast of present-day southern Vietnam. To the north lay Đại Việt (blue); to the west, the Khmer Empire (red).
Country.image_map2
Map-of-southeast-asia 1400 CE-es.svg
Country.image_map2_caption
Territory of Champa (light blue) after 1306, neighboring Đại Việt (dark pink) and the Khmer Empire (orange), after the marriage of princess Huyền Trân and king of Cham Jaya Simhavarman III.
Country.capital
Kandapurpura (192–605) Simhapura (605–757) Virapura (757–875) Indrapura (875–982) Vijaya (982–1471) Panduranga polity (1471–1832)
Country.common_languages
Old Cham ( 100s–1450) Old Malay (lingua franca; 400–1600) Middle and Modern Cham (official; 1450–1832) Sanskrit (official; 400–1253) Chamic languages other languages of Southeast Asia
Country.religion
Before 5th century: Chamic indigenous religionsFrom 5th century: Hinduism (official) and BuddhismFrom 16th century: Islam
Country.government_type
Monarchy (city-state)
Country.title_leader
King of Champa
Country.life_span
192–1832 AD
Country.year_start
192
Country.event1
Vietnamese conquest of Champa

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Champa
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
1832-01-01
inception
0192-00-00
native label
Chăm Pa, Chiêm Thành
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34 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • Historiography
  • Sources
  • Overarching theories
  • History
  • Sources of foreign cultural influence
  • Founding legend
  • Formation and growth
  • Champa at its height
  • Relations and warfare with the Khmer and the Viet, c. 1000–1471
  • Decline
  • Government
  • King
  • Administration
  • Federation or absolutism?
  • [[Military of Champa|Military]]
  • Geography of historical Champa
  • Religion
  • Hinduism and Buddhism
  • Islam
  • Economy
  • Cham port-cities
  • Role of women
  • Archaeological remains
  • Religious
  • Fortresses and cities
  • Museums
  • Cham influences on Vietnamese culture
  • Legacy
  • See also
  • Notes
  • Citations
  • References
  • External links

Champa was a collection of independent Cham polities that extended across the coast of what is present-day central and southern Vietnam from approximately the 2nd century AD until 1832.

According to earliest historical references found in ancient sources, the first Cham polities were established around the 2nd to 3rd centuries AD, in the wake of Khu Liên's rebellion against the rule of China's Eastern Han dynasty, and lasted until when the final remaining principality of Champa was annexed by Emperor Minh Mạng of the Vietnamese Nguyễn dynasty as part of the expansionist Nam tiến policy. The kingdom was known variously as Nagaracampa (), Champa (ꨌꩌꨛꨩ) in modern Cham, and Châmpa () in the Khmer inscriptions, Chiêm Thành in Vietnamese, Campa in Malay, Zhànchéng (Mandarin: 占城) in Chinese records, and al-Ṣanf (Arabic: صَنْف) in Middle Eastern Muslim records.

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