Champa, which flourished from the second to the nineteenth centuries, is by far the least-known of all the great Indianized civilizations of Southeast Asia. Its own history was violent and ultimately tragic, and, as it covered large areas of what is now central and southern Vietnam, the region has been difficult to access for most of the last sixty years.
Cham Art: Treasures from the Dà Nang Museum, Vietnam is the first substantial book in English to be published on the art of this remarkable an...