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Liu Ye

Also known as Queen Soma, Soma of Funan

Liu Ye ('Willow Leaf') is the legendary first ruler of Funan, a queen named in Chinese histories from the 3rd century onward. According to them, she led an attack on a foreign ship but was defeated by its passenger Kaundinya, or Hun Tian, who married her and founded the ruling line. Later Khmer tradition identifies her with Soma, a naga princess, as the ancestress of Cambodian kings.

Liu Ye
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Liu Ye. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/liu-ye
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