Finding the mountain road and the sea route to the south too hard, Lê Hoàn had a canal dug from the Mã river past Đồng Cổ mountain to the Bà Hòa river, completed in 983, the start of the waterway later called the Lê canal.
Construction
Lê Hoàn's canal from Đồng Cổ to the Bà Hòa river
- 983 CE
- Southeast Asia
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