Ancient Indian Colonization in South-East Asia c9.78

c9.78

Another great king of this dynasty was Rājendra-varman, who ruled from A.D. 944 to 968. He carried on victorious campaigns in all directions and successfully invaded Champā. As we have seen above, other kings who preceded him also claimed victories even over China, Champā and Java. That all this was no mere empty boast is proved by Chinese annals and the chronicles of Burma and Siam. We learn from these that both Tonkin and the Hinduized Thai principality of Nan-chao or Mithilā-rāṣṭra in North Yunnan had thrown off the yoke of China which was thus cut off from direct contact with Indo-China.