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The  Champa   civilization was located in the more southern part of what is today Central  Vietnam , and was a highly Indianized Hindu Kingdom, practicing a form of  Shaivite  Hinduism brought by sea from India.  Mỹ Sơn , a Hindu temple complex built by the Champa is still standing in Quang Nam province , in Vietnam. The Champa  were conquered by the Vietnamese  and today are one of the many ethnic minorities of Vietnam. Hindu temples are known as Bimong in Cham language and the priests are known as Halau Tamunay Ahier. The Balamon Hindu  Cham people of Vietnam make up only 25% of the overall Cham population (the other 75% are Muslims or Cham Bani). Of these, 70% belong to the  Nagavamshi Kshatriya caste (pronounced in  Vietnamese  as “Satrias”), and claim to be the descendants of the Champa Empire. A sizeable minority of the Balamon Hindu Cham are  Brahmins . In all, approximately  50,000 Chams in Vietnam a...

A Glorious Hindu Legacy: Indic influence in Southeast Asia. Champa - Vietnam Lord Shiva in Vietnam    The Yang Mum Shiva: in high relief against an ogival stele was found in the early 1930's at Yang Mum. Lord Shiva with trishul in his hand, was regarded as the founder and protector of the Champa dynasties. (image source:  Hindu-Buddhist Art of Vietnam: Treasures from Champa - By Emmanuel Guillon  p. 175). *** Champa, on the coast of Annam, was another Indianized state, about which more information is available. It constantly clashed with the nearby Chinese colonies established in Tonkin during the Han period, and hence Chinese historians frequently refer to Champa. The name Champa is clearly Indian whether it was named after the capital of the Anga country in the lower Ganges Valley, or after the Chola capital of the same name. Situated on the main sea routes from India and Java to China, and at the foot of spice-bearing mountains, Champa soon attra...