Chenla
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"Chenla" or "Zhenla" was the name given in Chinese accounts of an entity that sent tributes to Chinese emperors. The word "Chenla" or "Zhenla" and likewise Funan are unknown in the Old Khmer language.
A Chenla-era statue of Buddha found at Binh Hoa, Long An
The top of Mount Phu Kao, Laos resembles a lingam
Prasat Boram structure at Sambor Prei Kuk in the ancient capital of Isanapura
Pha That Luang, Vientiane, Laos
Funan
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Funan was a loose network of ancient Indianized states located in Mainland Southeast Asia, covering parts of present-day Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam, that existed from the 1st to the 7th century CE
The archeological site of Go Cay Thi, Oc Eo
The archaeological site of Go Thap Muoi, Đồng Tháp
This stele found at Tháp Mười in Đồng Tháp Province, Vietnam and now located in the Museum of History in Ho Chi Minh City is one of the few extant writings that can be attributed confidently to the kingdom of Funan. The text is in Sanskrit, written in Grantha script of the Pallava dynasty, dated to the mid-5th century CE, and tells of a donation in honour of Vishnu by a Prince Gunavarman of the Kaundinya lineage.
Ruins of Nam Linh Son, Oc Eo