Panduranga or Prangdarang was a Cham Principality. Panduranga was the rump state of the Champa kingdom after Vietnamese emperor Lê Thánh Tông destroyed Champa in 1471 as part of the general policy of
Territory of Panduranga during this period
Po Klong Garai Temple – the religious center of Panduranga
The Boxer Codex depiction of Chamcia (Cham) couple, c. 1595
Phan Rang–Tháp Chàm, commonly known as Phan Rang, is a former city in Vietnam and the capital of Ninh Thuận Province. The community has a population of 207,998, of which 196,459 live in the main city.
Panduranga (Champa)
…general policy of Nam tiến. The Panduranga principality was located in present-day south-central Vietnam and its centre is around the modern day city of Phan Rang. It stood until late 17th century when the Nguyễn lords of Đàng Trong, a powerful Vietnamese clan, vassalized it and subjugated the Cham polity as the…