Óc Eo

Óc Eo, Vietnam'ın An Giang ilinde bulunan bir arkeolojik sittir. Mekong Deltası'nda yer alan Óc Eo, MÖ 2. yüzyıl ile MS 12. yüzyıl arasında Funan Krallığı'nın yoğun bir limanıydır; Pierre-Yves Manguin, "The Archaeology of Early Maritime Polities of Southeast Asia", Ian Glover and Peter Bellwood (eds.), Southeast Asia: from Prehistory to History, London; New York, RoutledgeCurzon, 2004, pp.289-293. ve Antik Yunanlılar ve Romalılar tarafından Cattigara olarak bilinen liman da burası olabileceği tahmin edilmektedir."the most probable site of Kattigara is Óc Eo in modern An Giang province of Vietnam"; Kasper Hanus and Emilia Smagur, "Kattigara of Claudius Ptolemy and Óc Eo: the issue of trade between the Roman Empire and Funan in the Graeco-Roman written sources", Helen Lewis (ed.), EurASEAA14, Vol.1, Ancient and Living Traditions: Papers from the Fourteenth International Conference of the European Association of Southeast Asian Archaeologists, Summertown (Oxford), Archaeopress, 2020, pp.140-145, p.144.; "Oc-Eo dans le delta du Mékong serait donc une identification plus probable": Germaine Aujac, Claude Ptolémée, Astronome, Astrologue, Géographe: Connaissance et Représentation du Monde habité, Paris, Editions du CTHS, 1993, p.125, n.10. See also Adhir Chakravarti, "The Economic Foundations of Three Ancient Civilizations of South-east Asia: Borobudur, Dvararavati and Angkor: Preliminary Report of a Study Tour in some countries of South-east Asia in April–May 1985", in Haraprasad Ray (ed.), Studies on India, China, and South East Asia: Posthumous Papers of Prof. Adhir Chakravarti, Kolkata, R.N. Bhattacharya, 2007, p.89; and Adhir Chakravarti, "International Trade and Towns of Ancient Siam", Our Heritage: Bulletin of the Department of Post-graduate Training and Research, Sanskrit College, Calcutta,  vol. XXIX, part I, January–June 1981, pp1-23, nb p.9. An alternative proposed by J. L. Moens was that the name derived from the Sanskrit, Koti-nagara "Cape City", referring to its location near Cape Ca Mau, the southern point of Indochina: J. L. Moens, "De Noord-Sumatraanse Rijken der Parfums en specerijen in Voor-Moslimse Tijd," Tijdschrift voor Indische Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, LXXXV, 3, 1955, pp.325-336, p.335; also J. L. Moens, "Kotinagara het antieke handescentrum op Yava's. Eindpunt," Tijdschrift voor Indische Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, LXXXV, 3, 1955, pp. 437-48, p.448; and also W.J. van der Meulen, "Ptolemy's Geography of Mainland Southeast Asia and Borneo," Indonesia, no.19, April 1975, pp.1-32, p.17.

Bilim insanları, Óc Eo kültürü terimini, arkeolojik araştırmalar yoluyla Óc Eo'da bulunan eserlerle karakterize edilen Mekong Deltası'nın arkeolojik kültürüne atıfta bulunmak için kullanırlar.

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