The Chams (Cham: ꨌꩌ, چام, cam), or Champa people (Cham: ꨂꨣꩃ ꨌꩌꨛꨩ, اوراڠ چمڤا, Urang Campa; [8] Vietnamese: Người Chăm or Người Chàm; Khmer: ជនជាតិចាម, Chônchéatĕ Cham), are an Austronesian ethnic group in Southeast Asia and are the original inhabitants of central Vietnam and coastal ...

Champa (Cham: ꨌꩌꨛꨩ, چمڤا; Khmer: ចាម្ប៉ា; Vietnamese: Chiêm Thành 占城 or Chiêm Bá 占婆) was a collection of independent Cham polities that extended across the coast of what is present-day central and southern Vietnam from approximately the 2nd century CE until 1832.

The history of Champa begins in prehistory with the migration of the ancestors of the Cham people to mainland Southeast Asia and the founding of their Indianized maritime kingdom based in what is now central Vietnam in the early centuries AD, and ends when the final vestiges of the kingdom were annexed and absorbed by Vietnam in 1832.

Champa, ancient Indochinese kingdom lasting from the 2nd to the 17th century ce and extending over the central and southern coastal region of Vietnam from roughly the 18th parallel in the north to Point Ke Ga (Cape Varella) in the south.

2014年6月18日 · The Champa empire was the chief rival of the Khmer Empire, in Cambodia, and Dai Viet, an early Vietnamese kingdom to the north.

The Cham ethnic minority group has lived on the central coast of Vietnam for a long time, creating a brilliant culture with a profound influence from Indian culture. The Cham people built the Champa kingdom as early as the 17th century.

In Vietnam, the civilization of the ancients was called "Champa". We know very little of its ancient history, but by about 400 A.D, Champa were united under the rule of a King called Bhadravarman.

The enduring legacy of Champa's Golden Age is visible in the sophisticated sandstone temples and intricate sculptures that dot the landscape, reflecting a blend of Hindu and indigenous influences that define the unique cultural identity of Champa.

2020年9月28日 · Champa was an early Indianized state along the Vietnamese coast that grew out of the Funan civilization and other seafaring traders. This collective of independent kingdoms inhabited by the Cham people shared a common culture, religion, and language.

For Oscar Salemink, Vietnam today considers the Chams and the highlanders as tribal populations seen as the barbaric reverse of the neo-Confucian civilisational ideal. But the Chams have managed to preserve their culture and their beliefs.