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Name: Chenla Kingdom

Type: Polity

Start: 551 AD

End: 707 AD

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Successor polity of the Kingdom of Funan preceding the Khmer Empire that existed from around the late sixth to the early ninth century in Indochina.

Establishment


  • January 551: Chenla or Zhenla (simplified Chinese: 真腊; traditional Chinese: 真臘; pinyin: Zhēnlà; Wade-Giles: Chen-la; Khmer: ចេនឡា; Vietnamese: Chân Lạp) is the Chinese designation for the successor polity of the Kingdom of Funan preceding the Khmer Empire that existed from around the late sixth to the early ninth century in Indochina.
  • Chronology


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    1. Events


  • January 628: The end of the Fu-nan confederation allowed the establishment of different kingdoms, including that of Dvâravatî.

  • January 651: Isanavarman I of the Chenla Kingdom expanded Khmer influence to the Chao Phraya valley through his campaigns around the 7th century. Dvaravati cities that fell under Khmer hegemony became Lavo, while the Western cities were spared from Khmer hegemony and formed Suvarnabhumi. Lavo was the center from which Khmer authority ruled over the Dvaravati.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 708: The Táng histories say that after the end of the reign period shénlóng (i. e. after 6 February 707) Zhēnlà came to be divided in two realms, Lùzhēnlà ("Land Chenla", also called Wèndān or Pólòu and Shuīzhēnlà "Water Chenla") and returned to the anarchic state that had existed before it was unified under the kings of Fúnán and the first kings of Chenla.
  • January 708: After the end of the reign period shénlóng (i. e. after 6 February 707) Zhēnlà came to be divided in two realms, Lùzhēnlà ("Land Chenla", also called Wèndān or Pólòu) and Shuīzhēnlà ("Water Chenla").
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