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Mainly on the basis of the Vo-chanh inscription in Sanskrit of the second or third century of the Christian era, it is clear that Champa had already been under a ‘Hindu or Hinduized dynasty.’ Dr. R. C. Majumdar takes Śrī Māra as the first historical Hindu king of Champa In support of this, Majumdar refers to Ptolemy’s list of Sanskrit names in Indo-China, the mention of the Chams or Annamese in history in the second century A.D., and also the Chinese reference to the foundation of the kingdom of Champa in 192 A.D. by Lien of the family of Kiu.¹