Lâm Ấp
Kingdom of Lâm Ấp 林邑國 | |||||||||
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| 192–629 | |||||||||
Lâm Ấp in c. 400 AD | |||||||||
| Capital | Kandarapura Simhapura (disputed) | ||||||||
| Common languages | Cham, Sanskrit | ||||||||
| Religion | Cham Folk religion Buddhism Hinduism (After 380) | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
| King of Lâm Ấp | |||||||||
• 192–220 | Sri Mara | ||||||||
• 572–629 | Sambhuvarman | ||||||||
| Historical era | Classical Antiquity | ||||||||
• Established | 192 | ||||||||
• Becoming Champa | 629 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Vietnam | ||||||||
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Lâm Ấp (Vietnamese pronunciation of Middle Chinese 林邑 *liɪm ʔˠiɪp̚, standard Chinese: Línyì) 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 earliest recorded Champa kingdoms. The name Linyi however had been employed by official Chinese histories from 192 to even 758 AD to describe a particular early Champa kingdom located north of the Hải Vân Pass. The ruins of its capital, the ancient city of Kandapurpura is now located in Long Tho Hill, 3 kilometers to the west of the city of Huế.
Earlier western scholarship believed Linyi in Chinese records to refer to Champa itself, but Champa expansion northwards may have resulted in the Chinese applying the name Linyi to the Champa imperial city Trà Kiệu (Simhapura) along with Mỹ Sơn Sanctuary and the Thu Bồn River valley around 600 AD.