Paramesvaravarman I (;

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: ''Phê Mị Thuế''), alias Parameśvara Yang Pu Indra (), was the king of

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of the Sixth dynasty, ruling from 972 to 982. Paramesvaravarman showed great punctuality in relations with

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. He sent no less than seven embassies between 972 and 979. Champa went to conflict with the new independent Vietnamese kingdom of

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during his reign. In October 979, king

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and prince Đinh Liễn of Dai Viet were killed by a eunuch named

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while they were sleeping in the palace courtyard, and unrest took place in Dai Viet. After hearing the news,

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, a formal Vietnamese royal dissent exiling in Champa, encouraged Paramesvaravarman, to invade

. However ill-fated expedition was scuttled by a

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. In the following year, the new ruler of Dai Viet,

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after tempered his kingdom and fended off a Chinese invasion in 981, immediately sent a envoy to Champa. When Paramesvaravarman arrested the envoy Ngô Tử Canh and Từ Mục, that angered Lê Hoàn. In 982, Lê Hoàn organized a retaliatory expedition to Champa. The Vietnamese army killed Paramesvaravarman, sacked a city in Northern Champa (should be located in Quang Tri), and carried off women from the king's entourage, gold, silver, and other precious objects and even a Buddhist monk from India.

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