Sources of foreign cultural influence Champa

cham alphabet script in stone

through centuries, cham culture , society influenced forces emanating cambodia, china, java , india amongst others. lin yi, predecessor state in region, began existence in ad 192 breakaway chinese colony. official revolted against chinese rule in central vietnam, , lin yi founded in 192. in 4th century, wars neighbouring kingdom of funan in cambodia , acquisition of funanese territory led infusion of indian culture cham society. sanskrit adopted scholarly language, , hinduism, shaivism, became state religion. 10th century onwards, arab maritime trade in region brought increasing islamic cultural , religious influences. champa came serve important link in spice trade, stretched persian gulf south china, , later in arab maritime routes in mainland southeast asia supplier of aloe. despite frequent wars between champa , cambodia, 2 countries traded , cultural influences moved in both directions. royal families of 2 countries intermarried frequently. champa had close trade , cultural relations powerful maritime empire of srivijaya , later majapahit of malay archipelago.

evidence gathered linguistic studies around aceh confirms strong champan cultural influence existed in indonesia; indicated use of chamic language acehnese main language in coastal regions of aceh. linguist believed acehnese language descendent of proto-chamic language, separated chamic tongue sometime in 1st millennium ce. however, scholarly views on precise nature of aceh-chamic relations vary.