Jaya Ananda

Jaya Ananda founded the thirteenth dynasty of Champa and ruled from 1318 to 1342. Born in the southern marches of Đại Việt, he was a commander under the Cham king Chế Năng, whom the Trần dynasty drove into exile in Java in 1318, when the Vietnamese installed Jaya Ananda as a vassal king.

Cham tradition expected the five-state alliance's leader to come from the Areca or Coconut tribe, which he did not, so nobles opposed him from 1323 to 1326. In 1323 he sent tribute to the Yuan court to seek recognition.

Emperor Trần Minh Tông invaded in 1326 but was repelled, and Champa stood independent thereafter. On his death in 1342 his son-in-law Maha Sawa seized the throne from his heir Jamo, who fled to Vietnam.