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Champa Wars (1130s)

Type Event Region Southeast Asia Time 1131–1140

Around the 1130s CE, long-running border conflicts and raiding wars continued between Champa (Linyi) and Dai Viet (Ly dynasty).

Timeline

  1. 1131–1135Champa's northern frontier (present-day Quang Binh–Quang Tri area, Vietnam) · VietnamCham forces moved north along traditional raiding routes to attack Dai Viet's border prefectures and counties, seizing people and supplies. Ly dynasty frontier troops and local strongmen organized defenses and counterattacks, with numerous small-scale clashes in the hills and estuaries.
  2. 1136–1140Champa's heartland (present-day central Vietnam) · ChampaIn the mid-to-late 1130s the Ly dynasty organized a southern campaign, penetrating deep into Champa to strike military strongholds and force Champa to pay tribute or negotiate peace. The area around the Cham royal city came under military pressure, with some temples and towns destroyed, and the border order repeatedly swinging between war and peace.

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