Indrapura

Indrapura, the City of Indra, was a royal and religious centre of Champa near Đồng Dương. In 875 King Indravarman II founded a Buddhist monastery here within his new capital, dedicating its principal sanctuary to Lokesvara. Its brick enclosures, long hall and sculpted guardians formed an imposing setting for worship. The complex gave its name to a distinctive style of Cham art, with images of Buddhas, bodhisattvas and monks.

The Buddhist foundation stood apart from the predominantly Shaiva monuments of Champa, including the sanctuary at nearby Mỹ Sơn. Monks and court elites used the monastery during the flourishing of the Indrapura dynasty. Political upheaval at the end of the tenth century brought a shift of the royal centre towards Vijaya, and the monastery gradually fell into obscurity. Its surviving sculptures nevertheless preserve the memory of a court that had made Mahayana Buddhism a prominent part of its religious life.

The later city of Tam Kỳ lies here.