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5 places to sift through. Narrow by kind, country, period or how firmly each one is established — contested and pseudoarchaeological claims are labelled here, never hidden.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ancient city
Champa Simhapura 4–10 c. CE → Vietnamese 982 CE conquest · Cham (Austronesian Hindu-Buddhist, Shaiva)
Capital of Champa (Simhapura, Lion City, c.4–10 c. CE) at Trà Kiệu, Quảng Nam — massive 500×350 m (17.5 ha) brick-walled citadel (Chinese qiāng) with 5 gates, citadel-temple complex, and Vũ-điều…
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Temple complex
Champa Indianized 4th–13th c CE (Mỹ Sơn Phase A–H) · Champa (Austronesian Indianized, Saiva-Brahmanical)
UNESCO Champa valley 70 sanctuaries — Mỹ Sơn groups A–H (4th–13th c) with Thu Bồn dam in 2×2 km bowl.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Ancient city
Sa Huỳnh (500 BCE–200 CE) → Champa (200–1500 CE) → Vietnamese · Sa Huỳnh → Cham (Austronesian maritime)
Champa coastal port complex (c.2 c. BCE–15 c. CE) at Gò Cấm, Quảng Nam — 5 ha delta port with Chinese Han–Tang sherds, Indian Rouletted Ware, Mediterranean glass, and Cham kiln cluster, excavated…
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Temple complex
Sa Huynh Iron Age 500 BCE–200 CE → Champa Vijaya 1100–1500 CE · Sa Huynh → Champa (Austronesian Vijaya)
Vijaya Champa double-tower 12th c at Binh Dinh north of Qui Nhon — Binh Dinh style with Sa Huynh jar burials beneath.
🇻🇳 Vietnam · Temple complex
Champa Kingdom 4th–13th c CE (peak 7th–12th c) · Cham Hindu (Shaiva, formerly Champa)
Champa Hindu temple valley (4th–13th c CE) with 70 red-brick Shaiva towers (kalan) along Thu Bon River, the longest continuous Hindu-Byzantine tradition in Vietnam.
