Manorathavarman Explained

Manorathavarman was a king of early Champa, reigning approximately around the fifth century AD in the Thu Bồn River Valley.

He was a nephew of Gangaraja. His next successor in the dynastic line was Rudravarman I (r. 527-572), descending through Manorathavarman's sister line.^[1]

He was mentioned by Chinese annals as Fan Wendi (Chinese: 范文敌, pinyin: Fàn Wéndí).^[2]

Notes and References

1. Book: Coedès, George. Vella. Walter F.. 1975. The Indianized States of Southeast Asia. University of Hawaii Press. 978-0-824-80368-1. 57.
2. Schweyer. Anne-Valérie. 2010. The Birth of Champa. Crossing borders in southeast asian archaeology, Berlin. . 102–117. HAL.