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However, one muni belonging to Dandiswami group called Kalyan muni accompanied Alexander to Greece. 'The name of Cambodia changed according to language. The sanskrit 23name was Kambuja. The Chinese language in later stage called it Kihmich, the javanese language named it kimir, Arab made it Qimara, the Khmer language of the country changed the name to Kampuchea. 'The kings of Kambuja have left hundreds of Sanskrit inscriptions of which about 200 are of historical significance. About a dozen of the historical inscriptions are as long as containing 200 shlokas (verses).
The empire of Kambuja, at its zenith, comprised modern Kampuchea, the whole of Laos and Thailand, more than 3/4th of Malaya, peninsula to the north and at times Champa also, as well as the eastern part of the delta region of Burma'. 'The puranic name of this region was Shakadvipa, mentioned in Visnupurana. Shaka in Sanskrit means teak. The word 'Dveepa' was used even for those places which had water on two sides only. In 1351 a larger kingdom of Ayodhya was established. Funan= Fu-Nan, In Chinese Language Nan means south. Thus Funan becomes the Dakshinadvipa.
It could be concluded from history that the earliest migrants from India o Funan were Kachchhis. Hence this name slowly changed from Kachchadvipa to Kashyapadvipa'.
Funan remained a dominant power until about 510 AD. During those centuries it became an empire ruling intensive vassal territories. The sovereign of Funan was originally a female called Lieu-Ye. The name given to Lieu-Ye after her marriage with Kaundinya was Soma. Sometime in the end of 6th century power slipped from Funan's grasp and passed into the hands of one of its hitherto vassal states-Chenla. An ambitious minor son of the royal house of Funan, called Bhavavarman married the female heir to the crown of Chenla. The rise of Chenla heralds the arrival of the Khemers to play their part in human drama. A Chinese writer, in the time of Ishanverman describes the people as : The men are small and black, but many women are white. All role up their hair and wear ear pendants. They make their abulations each morning, clean their teeth with little pieces of popular wood, and do not fail to read or recite their prayers.
Ruins of Khmer:
Locals invented fables for themselves about the origin of the strange huge sanctuaries standing, where they supposed no man had ever trode before,
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