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Faith and Belief

a. Funan : the earliest B. Champa : the

record found there were Sanskrit inscriptions

rock-inscriptions in of Qaung Nam and

Vocanh, Phu-Yen and the

Buddhist documents in three rock

Sanskrit and a south inscriptions found in

Indian script belonging to the Tra-kieu - tell of

the first half of the third
the founder of the
century.
worship of the Shiva

Bhadreshavara

shrine. (Coedes, 1966,

pp.64)

C. Mahayana

school: Siva

cults and

Brahman temple

were recorded

in the Sanskrit

inscriptions

found in Malay-

Archipelago.