Lâm Ấp


Lâm Ấp was a kingdom from c. 200 to 750 AD in what is today central Vietnam. and was one of the earliest recorded Champa kingdoms. The ruins of its capital, the ancient city of Kandapurpura is now located in Long Tho Hill, 3 kilometers to the west of the city of Huế.
Earlier western scholarship believed Linyi in Chinese records to refer to Champa itself, but Champa expansion northwards may have resulted in the Chinese applying the name Linyi to the Champa imperial city Trà Kiệu along with Mỹ Sơn Sanctuary and the Thu Bồn River valley around 600 AD.