Funan

Funan (Chinese: 扶南; pinyin: Fúnán or Chinese: 跋南; pinyin: Bunong, Chu Han: 夫南, Khmer: ហ្វូណន, Funân [fuːnɑːn]; Vietnamese: Phù Nam) or Nokor Phnom (Khmer: នគរភ្នំ, Nôkô Phnum [nɔkɔː pʰnum], lit. 'Mountain Kingdom') was the name given by Chinese cartographers, geographers and writers to an ancient Indianised state—or, rather a loose network of states (Mandala)—located in mainland Southeast Asia centered on the Mekong Delta that existed from the first to sixth century CE. The name is found in Chinese historical texts describing the kingdom, and the most extensive descriptions are largely based on the report of two Chinese diplomats, Kang Tai and Zhu Ying, representing the Wu Kingdom who sojourned in Funan in the mid-3rd century CE.

Funan

Funan (Chinese: 扶南; pinyin: Fúnán or Chinese: 跋南; pinyin: Bunong, Chu Han: 夫南, Khmer: ហ្វូណន, Funân [fuːnɑːn]; Vietnamese: Phù Nam) or Nokor Phnom (Khmer: នគរភ្នំ, Nôkô Phnum [nɔkɔː pʰnum], lit. 'Mountain Kingdom') was the name given by Chinese cartographers, geographers and writers to an ancient Indianised state—or, rather a loose network of states (Mandala)—located in mainland Southeast Asia centered on the Mekong Delta that existed from the first to sixth century CE. The name is found in Chinese historical texts describing the kingdom, and the most extensive descriptions are largely based on the report of two Chinese diplomats, Kang Tai and Zhu Ying, representing the Wu Kingdom who sojourned in Funan in the mid-3rd century CE.