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
Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Mainland Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, and Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline alon
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. The name appears in Chinese historical texts describing the kingdom, and the…
Glazed stoneware dating back to the 12th century
Faces of Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara at Prasat Bayon
Norodom Sihanouk and Mao Zedong in 1956