<P> Funan ( Chinese : 扶南 ; pinyin : Fúnán ) , ( Khmer : ហ្វូណន -- Fonon ) , ( Vietnamese : Phù Nam ) or Nokor Phnom ( Khmer : នគរ ភ្នំ ) was the name given by Chinese cartographers , geographers and writers to an ancient Indianised state -- or , rather a loose network of states ( Mandala ) -- located in mainland Southeast Asia centered on the Mekong Delta that existed from the first to sixth century CE . The name is found in Chinese historical texts describing the kingdom , and the most extensive descriptions are largely based on the report of two Chinese diplomats , Kang Tai and Zhu Ying , representing the Wu Kingdom of Nanking who sojourned in Funan in the mid-3rd century AD . </P>
<P> Funan ( Chinese : 扶南 ; pinyin : Fúnán ) , ( Khmer : ហ្វូណន -- Fonon ) , ( Vietnamese : Phù Nam ) or Nokor Phnom ( Khmer : នគរ ភ្នំ ) was the name given by Chinese cartographers , geographers and writers to an ancient Indianised state -- or , rather a loose network of states ( Mandala ) -- located in mainland Southeast Asia centered on the Mekong Delta that existed from the first to sixth century CE . The name is found in Chinese historical texts describing the kingdom , and the most extensive descriptions are largely based on the report of two Chinese diplomats , Kang Tai and Zhu Ying , representing the Wu Kingdom of Nanking who sojourned in Funan in the mid-3rd century AD . </P>
where does most of the information about the funan empire come from
where does most of the information about the funan empire come from
the report of two Chinese diplomats , Kang Tai and Zhu Ying , representing the Wu Kingdom of Nanking who sojourned in Funan in the mid-3rd century AD
the report of two Chinese diplomats , Kang Tai and Zhu Ying , representing the Wu Kingdom of Nanking who sojourned in Funan in the mid-3rd century AD