Phạm Hùng () was the King of
Champa
Champa (Cham language, Cham: ꨌꩌꨛꨩ, چمڤا; ; 占城 or 占婆) was a collection of independent Chams, Cham Polity, polities that extended across the coast of what is present-day Central Vietnam, central and southern Vietnam from ...
, then known as
Lâm Ấp, in the 270 AD.
[Higham, C., 2014, Early Mainland Southeast Asia, Bangkok: River Books Co., Ltd., ] In 270,
Tao Huang, the Chinese governor of
Tongking
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, or
Jiaozhi
Jiaozhi (standard Chinese, pinyin: ''Jiāozhǐ''), or
,
was a historical region ruled by various Chinese dynasties, corresponding to present-day northern Vietnam. The kingdom of Nanyue (204–111 BC) set up the Jiaozhi Commandery (; , ch ...
, reported that Phạm Hùng was repeatedly assaulting his land with the aid of
Funan
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.
These raids continued until at least the year 280, when the
governor
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of Jiaozhi reported to the new
emperor
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of the
Jin Dynasty
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of continued attacks on his territory.
Phạm Hùng was the maternal grandson of
Khu Liên
Sri Mara (Cham: ꨦꨴꨫ ꨠꨩꨣ, Khmer: ឝ្រី មារ, fl. 137 or 192 AD), also known as Khu Liên or Ou Lian (), was the founder of the kingdom of Lâm Ấp. He was originally a local official of Xianglin (Tượng Lâm), then un ...
.
[Maspero, G., 2002, The Champa Kingdom, Bangkok: White Lotus Co., Ltd., ]
References
Kings of Champa
3rd-century monarchs in Asia
3rd-century Vietnamese people
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