Diplomatic Relations between Champa and Song

Timeline

1. 1008Champa · IndochinaThe king of Champa dispatched envoys bearing local products by sea to the Northern Song capital, requesting investiture and establishing formal tributary relations, in order to confirm Champa's political standing within the East Asian international order of the early Song.
2. 1008Bianjing · HenanEmperor Zhenzong of Song received the Champa envoys at Bianjing, invested the king of Champa, and bestowed caps, belts, vessels, and coins as return gifts, establishing Champa as one of the Northern Song's tributary vassal states; the two sides thereafter maintained regular exchanges of envoys.