Devavarman (
Chữ Nôm
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:
范天
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凯;
Quốc ngữ
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The Vi ...
: ''Phạm Thiên Khởi'') was a king of the
Lâm Ấp
Lâm Ấp (Vietnamese pronunciation of Middle Chinese 林邑 *''liɪm ʔˠiɪp̚'', standard Chinese: Línyì) was a kingdom located in central Vietnam that existed from around 192 AD to 629 AD in what is today central Vietnam, and was one of th ...
from 510 to about 526. In 510,
Emperor Wu of Liang
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sent an
Ambassador
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to Devavarman and forced the
Cham people
The Chams (Cham language, Cham: , چام, ''cam''), or Champa people (Cham language, Cham: , اوراڠ چمڤا, ''Urang Campa''; or ; , ), are an Austronesian peoples, Austronesian ethnic group in Southeast Asia and are the original inhabi ...
to pay an annual tribute.
['']History of Southern Dynasties
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'', Vol. 63
Notes
536 deaths
Kings of Champa
Year of birth unknown
6th-century Vietnamese people
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