My Son (pronounced /mee sohn/) is one of the main religious sites of the Champa Kingdom. The Champas lived in a narrow region between the coast and the mountains, living off the land, trade and piracy. They also interacted, sometimes not so amicably with their neighbours, the Vietnamese to the North, and the Khmer to the West.
Their culture had strong cultural and commercial links and influences with the Javanese (I'm not sure about the version I've been told about they were supposed to be Javanese coming to settle in Vietnam). One of their kings married a Javanese princess, and their religion had many similarities.
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