<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> Funan (Chinese: 扶南; pinyin: Fúnán), (Khmer: ហ្វូណន--Fonon), (Vietnamese: Phù Nam) or Nokor Phnom (Khmer: នគរ ភ្នំ) was the name given by Chinese cartographers, geographers and writers to an ancient Indianised state--or, rather a loose network of states (Mandala)--located in mainland Southeast Asia centered on the Mekong Delta that existed from the first to sixth century CE . The name is found in Chinese historical texts describing the kingdom, and the most extensive descriptions are largely based on the report of two Chinese diplomats, Kang Tai and Zhu Ying, representing the Wu Kingdom of Nanking who sojourned in Funan in the mid-3rd century AD . </P> <P> Funan is known in the modern languages of the region as វ្នំ Vnom (Khmer) or នគរ ភ្នំ Nokor Phnom (Khmer), ฟู นาน (Funan) (Thai), and Phù Nam (Vietnamese), however, the name Funan is not found in any texts of local origin from the period, and it is not known what name the people of Funan gave to their polity . Some scholars argued that ancient Chinese scholars transcribed the word Funan from a word related to the Khmer word bnaṃ or vnaṃ (modern: phnoṃ, meaning "mountain"), others however thought that Funan may not be a transcription at all - rather it meant what it says in Chinese, meaning something like "Pacified South". </P>

Where does most of the information about the funan empire come from