Funan and Chenla
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Military History, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: Invasions, Raids, Conquests, Sieges
- Curriculum: Asian History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: Southeast Asia, Cambodia, Indochina
- Date: First to ninth centuries
Article abstract: Military significance: Funan, the first great power of Southeast Asia, was absorbed by Chenla, which in turn was absorbed by the kingdom of Angkor into what became the modern state of Cambodia.
The reputed founder of the state of Funan (the Chinese rendering of B’iu-nam) was Kaundinya, who sailed up the Mekong River in about the first century, relying on a dream to guide him. When he arrived at a place near what became Phnom Penh, the queen of the country unsuccessfully tried to seize his ship. He then married her and founded a dynasty that...
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