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Manorathavarman was a king of early
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 ...
, reigning approximately around the fifth century AD in the
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Valley. He was a nephew of Gangaraja. His next successor in the dynastic line was Rudravarman I (r. 527-572), descending through Manorathavarman's sister line. He was mentioned by Chinese annals as Fan Wendi (
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: 范文敌,
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: ''Fàn Wéndí'').


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Manorathavarman Kings of Champa 5th-century monarchs in Asia