Nguyen Huu Manh
Kanazawa University, Center for Cultural Resource Studies, Graduate Student
- Southeast Asian Archaeology, Maritime Trade of Southeast Asia, China and India, Archaeology, Pacific and Island Southeast Asian Archaeology, Prehistoric Southeast Asian Archaeology, Southeast Asian Archaeology and History, and 40 moreVietnam Archaeology, Maritime History and Archaeology of Vietnam, Southern Vietnam Archaeology, Champa, The Linga - Yoni in the Oc Eo culture and the Champa culture, Champa architecture, Buddhism Champa, Hindu temple architecture, iconography, Vietnamese Buddhism, Epigraphy, Jainism, South Indian Temple Architecture, Inscriptions Methodology, South Asian Archaeology, South Asian Religions, Goddess Cultures In India, Indian studies, Glass Beads, China (Archaeology), Buddhist Studies, History of Religions, Indology, Theravada Buddhism, Pali literature & language, Sanskrit Philology, Roger Chartier, Textual and Philological Study of Original Buddhist texts in Pali, Sanskrit, Tibetan and Classical Chinese, Jatakas, Codicology, Dharmasutras, Shastra, Buddhism, Religion, Hinduism, History, Area Studies, Cultural Studies, Anthropology, Art History, and Architectureedit
Vijaya land (current Bình Định province in central Vietnam) can be described as a polity in Champa history. Champa temples-towers, citadels, ceramic kilns and inscriptions still remain there. Based on previous studies and my... more
Vijaya land (current Bình Định province in central Vietnam) can be described as a polity in Champa history. Champa temples-towers, citadels, ceramic kilns and inscriptions still remain there. Based on previous studies and my reconnaissance works carried out in 2015 and 2016, in total 45 Champa sites have been recognized in Bình Định province. I make a site distribution map of Bình Định, in order to analyze spatial distribution of Champa relics in Bình Định province, and to reconstruct the structure of Vijaya riverine polity. Located between the mountains and the sea, the region lay on rather narrow areas of riverine and coastal plains with difficult access in ancient times except by river or sea due to the rugged terrain.
Analyzing the spatial distribution of Champa relics and artifacts in Bình Định, I consider the rivers keep the key role in the history of Vijaya in Champa, as the main traffic artery connecting the regions together, between Vijaya and the highlands, reaching out to the sea creating the trade routes of Vijaya towards other regions in Champa and the world, providing the foundation for the prosperity of Vijaya.
Analyzing the spatial distribution of Champa relics and artifacts in Bình Định, I consider the rivers keep the key role in the history of Vijaya in Champa, as the main traffic artery connecting the regions together, between Vijaya and the highlands, reaching out to the sea creating the trade routes of Vijaya towards other regions in Champa and the world, providing the foundation for the prosperity of Vijaya.
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In 2011 and 2014, a group of archaeologists conducted a survey at the Champa sites in the area of northern Hải Vân Pass, including Thành Lồi Citadel which now belongs to the location of the three wards: Thủy Xuân, Thủy Biều and Phường Đúc... more
In 2011 and 2014, a group of archaeologists conducted a survey at the Champa sites in the area of northern Hải Vân Pass, including Thành Lồi Citadel which now belongs to the location of the three wards: Thủy Xuân, Thủy Biều and Phường Đúc (Huế City). The whole rampart of Lồi Citadel encloses Long Thọ hill, near Hương River.
Thành Lồi Citadel is large-scaled, with a complete structure that is quite solid, which was built mainly with earth and bordered by brick walls at both sides.
The results of the survey in 2011 and 2014 at Lồi Citadel provide additional information to the date of the citadel construction. Accordingly, the Citadel share similarities in construction techniques with Trà Kiệu and Hồ-dynasty citadels; the artifacts from Lồi Citadel such as tiles and ceramics have the same features with those from the upper cultural layer of Trà Kiệu Citadel; the date of the construction of Lồi Citadel might be after the fourth century AD.
Thành Lồi Citadel is large-scaled, with a complete structure that is quite solid, which was built mainly with earth and bordered by brick walls at both sides.
The results of the survey in 2011 and 2014 at Lồi Citadel provide additional information to the date of the citadel construction. Accordingly, the Citadel share similarities in construction techniques with Trà Kiệu and Hồ-dynasty citadels; the artifacts from Lồi Citadel such as tiles and ceramics have the same features with those from the upper cultural layer of Trà Kiệu Citadel; the date of the construction of Lồi Citadel might be after the fourth century AD.
