Flourishing of the Funan Kingdom

Name: Flourishing of the Funan Kingdom
Start: 1
End: 500

Type Event Region Southeast Asia Time 1–500

Funan was one of the earliest Indianized maritime kingdoms in Southeast Asia (1st–5th centuries CE) with textual and archaeological evidence, centere…

Timeline

1–200Lower Mekong · Mekong DeltaFunan integrated local powers in the lower Mekong, developing maritime trade via the estuary and Malay Peninsula routes; Chinese histories such as the Records of the Three Kingdoms already record it.
300–500Area of Funan's capital · CambodiaFunan reached its height in the 4th–5th centuries, widely adopting Indian religion and art, exercising political and cultural influence over neighbors like Lâm Ấp and Chenla, becoming one of Southeast Asia's early maritime hegemons.

Sources

Funan https://www.britannica.com/place/Funan
The Indianization of Southeast Asia — George Coedès (1968)