Ancient Indian Colonization in South-East Asia c8.39

c8.39

The Chinese history has preserved the names of several kings of Champā. They steadily pursued the aggressive policy of expansion towards the north at the cost of the Chinese province, and by the middle of the fourth century A.D., the northern boundary of Champā was carried to the Hoan Sonh mountains, the furthest limit it ever reached. But the Emperor of China was not likely to suffer, in silence, these aggressions from a small state like Champā, and protracted fights between the two marked the subsquent history of Champā. In A.D. 446, the Chinese led a successful invasion up to the heart of the kingdom and captured the capital city named Champā-pura. After pillaging the city and country the victorious Chinese army returned with a rich booty of very precious objects.