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English summary on page 78 as follows: The Cat tien site of Lam Dong province was discovered in 1984 and excavated 4 times in 1994, 1995, 1996 by the Institute of Archaeology and Lam Dong Museum. The results show that this is the series of great sites of Brahamanist architecture, which were built with brick and stone materials traditionally, similar to Khmer or Champa temples. The colected artifacts were abundant, including gold leaves with the inscriptions and decorations, precious stone, bronze, silver artifacts...A system of Linga - Yoni with various types and sizes were discovered, setting a light on the study of this site area. The area of site dates from the eight century to the 10th century. The owners of this area might be the Ma, the local inhabitants living in Lam Dong, Dong Nai, Ba Ria for a long time. Cat tien might be the Holyland of the ancient Ma Kingdom.
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