Cham civilization

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Austronesian culture ancient civilization maritime culture

The Cham civilization was an ancient Austronesian maritime culture that flourished along the central coast of present-day Vietnam, known for its Hindu-Buddhist temple complexes, trade networks, and distinctive art and architecture.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Cham civilization canonical	2
Cham culture	1
Cham polities	1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Austronesian culture ⓘ ancient civilization ⓘ maritime culture ⓘ
artStyle	Cham sculpture ⓘ brick reliefs ⓘ
builtWith	fired brick masonry ⓘ
conflictedWith	Dai Viet NERFINISHED ⓘ Khmer Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Song China NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalInfluenceFrom	Chinese civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian civilization ⓘ Khmer Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
declineCause	military defeats by Dai Viet ⓘ territorial loss to Vietnamese expansion ⓘ
economyBasedOn	craft production ⓘ maritime trade ⓘ rice agriculture ⓘ
ethnicGroupOf	Cham people NERFINISHED ⓘ
flourishedFrom	circa 2nd century CE ⓘ
flourishedUntil	late 15th century CE ⓘ
hasCapital	Indrapura NERFINISHED ⓘ Kauthara NERFINISHED ⓘ Panduranga NERFINISHED ⓘ Vijaya NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSite	Dong Duong Buddhist monastery NERFINISHED ⓘ My Son temple complex NERFINISHED ⓘ Po Klong Garai temple complex NERFINISHED ⓘ Po Nagar temple complex NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus	My Son is a UNESCO World Heritage Site NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	Hindu-Buddhist temple complexes ⓘ brick temple towers ⓘ distinctive art and architecture ⓘ maritime trade networks ⓘ
legacyIn	contemporary Cham communities in Cambodia ⓘ contemporary Cham communities in Vietnam ⓘ
locatedIn	Indochina NERFINISHED ⓘ Mainland Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ central coast of present-day Vietnam ⓘ
majorPort	Hoi An region NERFINISHED ⓘ
pantheonIncludes	Bodhisattvas NERFINISHED ⓘ Buddha NERFINISHED ⓘ Devi NERFINISHED ⓘ Shiva NERFINISHED ⓘ Vishnu NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Maritime Silk Road NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor	Sa Huynh culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ Islam ⓘ Mahayana Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ Theravada ⓘ surface form: Theravada Buddhism
tradedWith	Arab merchants ⓘ China NERFINISHED ⓘ India NERFINISHED ⓘ Java NERFINISHED ⓘ Srivijaya NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedLanguage	Cham language NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedMaterial	sandstone for sculpture ⓘ
usedScript	Cham script NERFINISHED ⓘ Sanskrit ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Central Vietnam → hasCulturalInfluenceFrom → Cham civilization ⓘ

Indosphere → includesCulture → Cham civilization ⓘ

Mekong region archaeological heritage → linkedToCulture → Cham civilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cham polities

Kauthara → culture → Cham civilization ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cham culture