區連(?—?)是占城第一王朝的建立者。《後漢書》作區憐,[1]《梁書》作區達,[2]區連可能是占婆碑文中的「釋利摩羅」(Sri Mara),[3][4][5]但也有學者認為「釋利摩羅」實為扶南國王范師蔓。[6][7][8]
根據中國史料的記載,區連原為東漢象林縣功曹。137年(永和二年),區連率領占族數千人起兵,攻打象林縣,殺死縣令。隨後佔領了整個日南郡,自稱「林邑王」。交趾刺史樊演徵交趾郡、九真郡的士兵一萬餘人前往征討。漢軍害怕遠征,發生嘩變,因此樊演兵敗。消息傳至雒陽,漢順帝欲發荊、揚、兗、豫四州共四萬人兵力前往鎮壓,被大臣李固勸止。
區連死後,林邑國王位傳數世,其後國王無嗣,立外甥范熊為王。
《後漢書卷八十六·南蠻西南夷列傳》:"永和二年,日南、象林徼外蠻夷區憐等數千人攻象林縣,燒城寺,殺長吏"
邱新民, 東南亞文化交通史 Singapore Society of Asian Studies - 1984- Page 184 "晉書卷九十七林邑國傳說: "後漢末,縣功曹姓區,有子日連,殺令自立為王,子孫相承"。其詳細情形,據水經注卷三十六引林邑記說: "國無文史,失其籌代,世數難詳"。但據一般的研究,以為林邑王統的始祖,是碑文中所載的釋利摩羅"
Jump up ^Milton Walter Meyer Asia: A Concise History 1997 Page 63 "around the beginning of the third century a Hindu ruler named Sri Mara founded the kingdom of Champa and conquered ..."
Dougald J. W. O'Reilly Early Civilizations of Southeast Asia - 2007 -Page 131 "preferred to identify Sri Mara with Fan Shi-man of Funan (circa 230 C.E.). This view is indirectly supported by Filliozat (1968) and Jacques (1969, 123).
H. R. Chakrabartty Vietnam, Kampuchea, Laos, bound in comradeship: a panoramic study 1988 - Volume 2 - Page 423 "Maintaining his tempo of triumphs, Fan Shih-man, or Sri Mara, conquered most of Siam, central Burma and northern Malaya.5 According to Chinese sources, the Great King died in action while campaigning in Chin-lin, meaning 'Frontier of ."