150-200

Updated: May 15, 2025

It is not later than the third century and refers to an earlier king, so that an Indian dynasty probably existed there about 150-200 A.D. Though the presence of Indian culture is beyond dispute, it is not clear whether the Chams were civilized in Champa by Hindu invaders or whether they were hinduized Malays who invaded Champa from elsewhere.

Sir Charles Eliot - Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1

Some specimens have decussate stems, others bear all their leaves in whorls of three, but in respect to the hereditary tendency of the twisting character this difference does not seem to be of any importance. In this way I got three lots of seeds and sowed enough of them to have three groups of plants each containing about 150-200 well developed stems.

Hugo de Vries - Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation