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Funan

Funan was a loose network of ancient Indianized states (Mandala) located in Mainland Southeast Asia, covering parts of present-day Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam, that existed from the 1st to the 7th century CE.

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Capital
Vyadhapura
Common languages
Proto-Khmeric[a] · (common) · Sanskrit · (court and religious)
Currency
Native coins
Government
Mandala kingdom
Historical era
Classical era
Religion
Hinduism · Buddhism

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Funan

Nodes129
Edges128
Triples424
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015504
Components1

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Funan

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related to Further reading · 163
Funan → After Collapse, An Giang, An Giang Province Bureau, An Giang Province Management, An Giang-Vietnam, An Giang-Việt Nam, Ancient Cambodia, Ancients, Andreas Reinecke, Angkor, Angkor Cambodia, Archaeology, Archived, Arizona Press, Art, Arts, Bangkok, Bhikkhu Pāsādika, Brill, Buddhismus
related to Apex and decline of Funan · 35
Funan → Around, Before, Ch'ang, Chan-T'an, Chiao Chen-ju, Chin-cheng, Chin-lin, China, Fan Chan, Fan Hsun, Fan Shih-man, Frontier, Gold, Great King, Gunavarman, He, Hun-p'an-huang, Hun-t'ien, In, India
related to Origins of Funan · 34
Funan → According, Archeological, Austroasiatic, Austronesian, Austronesians, BCE, CE, Cham, Chinese, Funan's, Funan's Khmer, Funanese, Hall, Huntian, Hùntián, In, It, Khmer, Khmer Krom, Kingdom
related to Invented theories of origin · 28
Funan → Book, But, CE, Frightened, Funan's, Fáng Xuánlíng, Fúnán, He, Huntian The Book, Hùnhuì, Hùntián, Iiu-iap, In, Indonesian, Jin, Jiào, Jìn, Liang, Liǔyè, Liǔyè's
related to Foreign relations · 27
Funan → An Eastern Wu, Cambodia, CE, China, Chinese, Contact, Dharmatamadharasya, Eastern Wu, Funan's, Goods, Han, Kalinga, King Dhamadamadhara, King Fan Chan, Kinh, Liang, Linyi, Little, Murunda, Nanyue
related to Sources · 26
Funan → Book, CE, Chinese, Chén Shòu, First, Funanese, Han, Kang Tai, Kingdom, Later, Le Fou-nan, Liang, Liáng, Lǚ Dài, Paul Pelliot, Pelliot's Chinese, Records, Scholars, Sānguó, The
related to Capital · 18
Funan → Angkorian, Another, Ba Phnoṃ, Banam, Cambodian, Chinese, City, Coedès, George Coedès, Hunter, Khmer, On, One, Prey Veng Province, Temu, This, Tèmù, Vyādhapura
related to Economy · 15
Funan → China, Funanese, Gulf, India, Isthmus, It, Kra, Malay, Malaysia, Mekong Delta, Siam, Southeast Asia's, The, Vietnam, Vietnamese
related to Etymology · 13
Funan → Chinese, Claude Jacques, For, French, George Cœdès, However, It, Khmer, King Bhavavarman, Later Han, Middle Chinese, Sanskrit, Some
related to Rump states elsewhere · 13
Funan → According, Borneo, British Historian Robert Nichol, He, Khmer, Philippines, Sailendra Dynasty, Sarawak, South China, Srivijaya Empire, Vijaya, Visayans, When Funan

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chinese khmer ce century may funanese vietnam kingdom cambodia southeast also name scholars eo southern evidence king asia ancient sanskrit

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
FunanCapitalVyadhapura1.00infobox
FunanCommon languagesProto-Khmeric[a]1.00infobox
FunanCommon languages(common)1.00infobox
FunanCommon languagesSanskrit1.00infobox
FunanCommon languages(court and religious)1.00infobox
FunanCurrencyNative coins1.00infobox
FunanGovernmentMandala kingdom1.00infobox
FunanHistorical eraClassical era1.00infobox
FunanReligionHinduism1.00infobox
FunanReligionBuddhism1.00infobox
FunanToday part ofCambodia1.00infobox
FunanToday part ofThailand1.00infobox
FunanToday part ofVietnam1.00infobox
Funan• Chenla conquest627 CE1.00infobox
Funan• Chenla secession550 CE1.00infobox
Funan• Establishment50 CE1.00infobox

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