Houen Houei

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Houen Houei was a Javanese man, who, at the beginning of the 1st century CE, brought with him the cult of Vishnu to Champa. There, he married the Cham queen Leiou Ye. Houen Houei later established the kingdom of Lin Yi (Lam Ap), later known as Champa (Chiem Thanh). At this time, however, Lin Yi was known as the Chinese district of Tuong Lam (Forest of Elephants).[1]

Preceded by Legendary King of
Champa
Succeeded by
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  1. ^ Oscar Chapuis (1995). A History of Vietnam: From Hong Bang to Tu Duc. Bloomsbury Academic. p. 39. ISBN 0-313-29622-7. At the beginning of the first century, a Javanese named Houen Houei, who brought with him the cult of Vishnu, married the queen of Lieou Ye, who may have been Lady Po Nagar, and founded the kingdom of Lin Yi (Lam Ap), Iater called Champa (Chiem Thanh), around Chau Doc (South Vietnam).