Chenla shine sunan kasar Sin don maye gurbin mulkin masarautar Funan kafin daular Khmer wacce ta wanzu daga kusan karshen karni na shida zuwa farkon karni na tara a Indochina.Yawancin faifan bidiyo na kasar Sin kan Chenla, ciki har da na Chenla na cin Funan, an yi hamayya da su tun cikin shekarun 1970, saboda gaba daya sun dogara ne kan maganganu guda daya a tarihin kasar Sin.^[15] Tarihindaular Sui na kasar Sin ya ƙunshi shigarwar jihar da ake kira Chenla, mai mulkin kasar Funan, wadda ta aika ofishin jakadanci zuwa kasar Sin a cikin 616 ko 617, ^[16] duk da haka a karkashin mai mulkinta, Citrasena Mahendravarman, ya ci nasara. Funan bayan Chenla ta sami 'yancin kai.^[17]Kamar wanda ya gabace ta Funan, Chenla ta mamaye wani muhimmin matsayi inda hanyoyin kasuwancin teku na Indosphere da yankin al'adun gabashin Asiya suka hadu, wanda ya haifar da tsawaita tasiri na zamantakewa da tattalin arziki da al'adu da kuma daukar tsarin al'ada na kudancinIndiya Pallava daular Chalukya. daular.^[18] Adadin rubutun ya ragu sosai a ƙarni na takwas.Duk da haka, wasu masana masana da suka yi nazari kan rubuce-rubucen kasar Sin, sun yi iƙirarin cewa Chenla ya fara faɗuwa ne a cikin shekarun 700s, sakamakon rarrabuwar kawuna a cikin gida da kuma hare-hare na waje da daular Shailendra ta Java ta yi, wanda daga ƙarshe ya karɓi mulki tare da shiga ƙarƙashin mulkin Angkor na Jayavarman II. .Kowannensu, masana tarihi sun yi watsi da yanayin raguwar al'ada, suna jayayya cewa babu Chenla da za a fara da shi, a maimakon haka yankin yanki ya kasance ƙarƙashin dogon lokaci na rigima, tare da rikice-rikice masu rikice-rikice da rashin iya kafa cibiyar nauyi mai ɗorewa.Tarihi ya kawo karshen wannan zamanin na tashin hankali ne kawai a cikin shekara ta 802, lokacin da Jayavarman II ya kafa daular Khmer da ta dace.