Manorathavarman 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 ...

, reigning approximately around the fifth century AD in the

Thu Bồn River The Thu Bồn River ( vi, Sông Thu Bồn) is a river in central Vietnam, located in Quảng Nam Province. From its source near the border of Quảng Nam and Quảng Ngãi provinces, it flows northwest through Bắc Trà My, Phú Ninh, Hiệp Đ ...

Valley. He was a nephew of

Gangaraja 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 f ...

. His next successor in the dynastic line was

Rudravarman I Rudravarman I (r. 529–572 AD; Chinese: 高式律陁羅跋摩; pinyin: ''Gāoshì Lütuóluóbámó'', Early Middle Chinese: ''*lɔ-dɑ-lɑ-bɑt-mɑ'') was a king of early Champa. Rudravarman was a descendant of king Manorathavarman (Fàn Wé ...

(r. 527-572), descending through Manorathavarman's sister line. He was mentioned by Chinese annals as Fan Wendi (

Chinese Chinese can refer to: * Something related to China * Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity **''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation ** List of ethnic groups in China, people of va ...

: 范文敌,

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 Wéndí'').

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