Phạm Hùng was the King of
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 ...
, then known as
Lâm Ấp
Lâm Ấp (Vietnamese pronunciation of Middle Chinese 林邑 *''liɪm ʔˠiɪp̚'', > standard Chinese: Linyi) was a kingdom located in central Vietnam that existed from around 192 AD to 629 AD in what is today central Vietnam, and was one of the ...
, in the 270 AD.
[Higham, C., 2014, Early Mainland Southeast Asia, Bangkok: River Books Co., Ltd., ] In 270,
Tao Huang, the Chinese governor of
Tongking
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, or
Jiaozhi
Jiaozhi (standard Chinese, pinyin: ''Jiāozhǐ''), or Giao Chỉ (Vietnamese), was a historical region ruled by various Chinese dynasties, corresponding to present-day northern Vietnam. The kingdom of Nanyue (204–111 BC) set up the Jiaozhi Co ...
, reported that Phạm Hùng was repeatedly assaulting his land with the aid of
Funan
Funan (; km, ហ៊្វូណន, ; vi, Phù Nam, Chữ Hán: ) was the name given by Chinese cartographers, geographers and writers to an ancient Indianized state—or, rather a loose network of states ''(Mandala)''—located in mainla ...
.
These raids continued until at least the year 280, when the
governor
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of Jiaozhi reported to the new
emperor
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of the
Jin Dynasty of continued attacks on his territory.
Phạm Hùng was the maternal grandson of
Khu Liên
Sri Mara (Cham: ꨦꨴꨫ ꨠꨩꨣ, Khmer: ឝ្រី មារ, th, ศรีมาระ fl. 137 or 192 AD) was the founder of the kingdom of Champa.
Biography
He is known in Chinese records as Qū Lián ( 區連), or Zhulian, which in Viet ...
.
[Maspero, G., 2002, The Champa Kingdom, Bangkok: White Lotus Co., Ltd., ]
References
Kings of Champa
3rd-century monarchs in Asia
3rd-century Vietnamese people
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