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Pediment at Hoa Lai

Keywords : Hoa Lai, Cham, Champa

Site common nameHoa Lai
Type of artworkArchitecture
Village-
Province/CityNha Trang
StateNinh Thuan
CountryVietnam
Geographic Coordinates
Decimal degree		Lat : 11.676944
Long : 109.035833

History of productionDuring the 8th-9th centuries, the capital of Champa was shifted to the region of Pāṇḍuranga in the south. (nowadays Phan Rang). Despite lacking of any documentary evidence, the style of this temple is datable to the same period, corresponding to the history.
ArtThe arch of Hoa Lai is characterized by the harp-liked arch filled by the foliage motif, The double inner-and-outer volutes are visible at the gable while the animals motif which had been previously popular was now omitted. This is the indigenous characters of Hoa Lai style, different from the Indian-styled of the period of My Son E1.
PeriodHistorical Period
Art periodHoa Lai
Age7th-8th century A.D.
ReligionBrahmanism-Hinduism

Type of LicenseAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
RightsPrincess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation2015-02-00
Record creatorChedha Tingsanchali