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Sri Indraditya

Type Figure Region Sukhothai Time c. 1188–1270 Also known as Sri Indraditya、Si Inthrathit、Śrī Indrāditya、Pho Khun Bang Klang Hao、Bang Klang Thao、邦克朗刀、ศรีอินทราทิตย์、พ่อขุนบางกลางหาว

Sri Indraditya (c. 1188–c. 1270), born Bang Klang Hao, was a Thai local leader who in c.…

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  1. c. 1188–1237Sukhothai area · SukhothaiBefore taking the throne he ruled as a Thai leader near Sukhothai under the name Bang Klang Hao, in a zone where Angkorian Khmer power met Mon and Thai city-states, accumulating local military strength for the later joint rising with Pha Mueang.
  2. 1238Sukhothai · SukhothaiTogether with his in-law Pha Mueang he defeated the Khmer governor, took the throne at Sukhothai under the Sanskrit title Sri Indraditya, and founded the Phra Ruang line. Tradition takes this year as the start of the first independent Thai kingdom.
  3. 1238–1260Sukhothai · SukhothaiIn the early part of his reign Sukhothai mainly controlled the upper Chao Phraya and surrounding city-states, the kingdom still being a regional power. The Ramkhamhaeng inscription names his father Sri Indraditya and his mother Nang Sueang, with second son Ban Mueang and youngest son Ramkhamhaeng succeeding to the throne in turn.
  4. 1260–1270Sukhothai · SukhothaiHe died around 1270 and was succeeded by his second son Ban Mueang. Ramkhamhaeng had not yet taken the throne, and Sukhothai's large-scale expansion occurred later under Ramkhamhaeng's reign.

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