Sanctuary space
The name of Mhadravata mountain, whose heigh is 730m, was written in the first epitaph in My Son in 4th century.
Mahapavata is regarded as the Meru mountain, the abode of gods in Indian mythology. In past, the foreign merchantmans traveling in the East Sea considered this mountain as a lighthouse and also a landmark to identify the location of My Son sanctuary as well as Cham kingdom. From the peak of the mountain, we can see the tower-temples in My Son like the light torchs among the green of mountain.
The sacred rivers and streams flowing in the bowels of the valley creat the mountains complex. They bring to this religion centre not only the varieties of ecosystem but also the pure water for the ...
My Son museum space preserves many valuable plants and animals. Flora includes Bassia, rosewood, ironwood, cajuput... Fauna includes francalin, flying geckos, wild boar, big muntjac...
Mahadravara
Located in the North of My Son valley, it rises from the top of Ngoc Linh mountain and flows from West to East. The river is the lifeblood waterway between highland and lowland, the mountains, plains and the sea and play the most important role in the waterway trading network of Amaravati. Moreover, it is also considered a salt road because the Central Coast has a lot of villages producing salt, the essential goods to provide for the people living in the midlands and mountainous such as the Katu.
This is also the typical model for other emirates in the kingdom of Champa, a kingdom whose economy is the commercial navigation/ sea trade developed relying on the ports connecting with the international sea trade lane.
17 May,2019
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