Gangaraja was a king of early

Champa Champa (Cham: ꨌꩌꨛꨩ; km, ចាម្ប៉ា; vi, Chiêm Thành or ) were a collection of independent Cham polities that extended across the coast of what is contemporary central and southern Vietnam from approximately the 2nd cen ...

. He was the founder of

Gangaraja dynasty Gangaraja was a king of early Champa. He was the founder of Gangaraja dynasty (often known as the Simhapura dynasty or the Gangeśvara). Gangaraja was an intelligent and brave person, and was expected to ascend the throne of Champa. He ruled for ...

(often known as the Simhapura dynasty or the Gangeśvara). Gangaraja was an intelligent and brave person, and was expected to ascend the throne of Champa. He ruled for a short time, then abdicated the throne and personally went on pilgrimage in Jahnavi (the

Ganges River The Ganges ( ) (in India: Ganga ( ); in Bangladesh: Padma ( )). "The Ganges Basin, known in India as the Ganga and in Bangladesh as the Padma, is an international river to which India, Bangladesh, Nepal and China are the riparian states." is ...

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. Gangaraja viewed the Ganges gives birth to great joy. His long trip was the reason why the country then plundered into civil war. His successor was

Manorathavarman Manorathavarman was a king of early Champa, reigning approximately around the fifth century AD in the Thu Bồn River Valley. He was a nephew of Gangaraja. His next successor in the dynastic line was Rudravarman I (r. 527-572), descending through ...

(Fàn Wéndí), a nephew. According to the ''

Book of Liang The ''Book of Liang'' (''Liáng Shū''), was compiled under Yao Silian and completed in 635. Yao heavily relied on an original manuscript by his father Yao Cha, which has not independently survived, although Yao Cha's comments are quoted in seve ...

'' and ''

History of the Southern Dynasties The ''History of the Southern Dynasties'' () is one of the official Chinese historical works in the ''Twenty-Four Histories'' canon. It contain 80 volumes and covers the period from 420 to 589, the histories of Liu Song, Southern Qi, Liang dyn ...

'', Fan Dizhen (Chinese: 范敌真;

pinyin Hanyu Pinyin (), often shortened to just pinyin, is the official romanization system for Standard Mandarin Chinese in China, and to some extent, in Singapore and Malaysia. It is often used to teach Mandarin, normally written in Chinese for ...

: Fàn Dízhēn, who was identified with Gangaraja by

Georges Maspero René Gaston Georges Maspero (21 August 1872 – 21 September 1942) was a French sinologist. He was the son of egyptologist Gaston Maspero and half brother of sinologist Henri Maspero. A colonial governor of French Indochina, he was appointed r ...

) was the son of king Fan Huda. He went to the Ganges because he was getting guilt-ridden after he had exiled his mother and his maternal brother.

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