Manorathavarman

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

Manorathavarman
King of Campādeśa
Reignc. 5th-century
PredecessorGangaraja
Successor?
Died?
DynastySimhapura dynasty

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]

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


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