Regional802 CE – 1471 · 669 years
Khmer–Cham wars
Cambodia · Champa · Mekong Delta
Centuries of conflict between Khmer Empire and Champa Kingdom over territorial dominance and tributary control.
Estimated casualties
500Ksingle estimate · no range published
What happened
Khmer and Champa kingdoms competed for mainland Southeast Asian dominance. Major Khmer victories included conquest of Champa territory. Champa, based on the Vietnamese coast, maintained naval power and resisted Khmer dominance. Wars involved siege warfare, naval operations, and capture of royal hostages.
Why it mattered
The conflicts prevented either power from establishing permanent hegemony. Vietnamese expansion eventually absorbed Champa, establishing Vietnamese dominance.
Belligerents2
- Khmer Empire
- Champa
ON THE MAPKhmer EmpireChampa
Conflict graph
SUB-CONFLICTS · 4
- Khmer-Champa Wars802 CE–1200
- Cham–Khmer War1177–81
- Jayavarman VII's reconquest of Champa1190–1203
- Mongol invasion of Champa1283–84
Sources
- Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0
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