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During the excavation in the Thăng Long Royal City, a large number of pottery items were also discovered belonging to the pre-Thăng Long period and independent dynasties (Ly, Tran, Le). The origins of the ceramic objects varied from Vietnamese, Chinese, Japanese, Champa to West Asian. Some ceramic motifs contain deep Buddhist elements and some revealed the highly refined influence of Chinese pottery but almost of ceramic objects in designs, decoration and shapes were more distinctly linked to Vietnamese traditional pottery. This is a lively and convincing demonstration of the many aspects of social, economic life and cultural exchanges of the Thăng Long Royal City throughout history. Porcelains of China, Japan, Champa and Western Asia found here proved that Thang Long was centre of cultural exchange among countries in area and received quintessence values of humanity.