| Kesariraja ไกรสรราช | |
|---|---|
| King of Lavo | |
| King of Lavo's Lavapura | |
| Reign | 1106–1110s |
| Predecessor | Unknown (Title earlier held by Narai I) |
| Successor | Sri Dharmasokaraja I |
| Born | Chiang Saen |
| Died | 1110s Lopburi |
| Consort | Suladevi |
| Issue | Duangkrian Krishnaraja |
| Dynasty | Singhanavati |
| Father | Sridharmatripitaka (Phrom?) of Yonok Chiang Saen |
| Mother | Padumdevi of Mueang Chaliang |
Kesariraja (Thai: ไกรสรราช) was a 12th-century mixed Tai-Mon monarch mentioned in the Northern Chronicle.[1]: 18 He was the son of King Shridhammatripitaka (ศรีธรรมไตรปิฏก; who was indentified by some scholar as King Phrom[a]) of Chiang Saen and Padumdevi, a Mon princess, the daughter of King Suvacanaraja of Si Satchanalai.[1]: 17–8 Following the successful capture of Lavapura of the Lavo by his father in 1106, Kesariraja was installed as the new sovereign.[2]
Kesariraja had one younger brother, Jatisagara (ชาติสาคร),[1]: 18 who ruled Wiang Chai Narai and subsequently succeeded their father at Yonok's Chiang Saen.[1]: 24 Kesariraja married Suladevi (สุลเทวี), a princess of Si Satchanalai under the successor of King Suvachanaraja,[1]: 23 and they had one son, Duangkrian Krishnaraja (ดวงเกรียนกฤษณะราช).[1]: 24 Duangkrian Krishnaraja married Rajadevi (ราชเทวี),[1]: 24 a Xiān princess under Phra Chao Luang,[3]: 104 and later ruled Kishkindha (เมืองขีดขิน or เสนาราชนคร), a polity under the authority of Lavo in the present-day Ban Mo district.[1]: 24 [3]: 104
Kesariraja was succeeded by Sri Dharmasokaraja I. The precise date of this succession, as well as the nature of their familial relationship, remains unknown. Sri Dhammasokaraja ruled Lavapura until 1117, when he was deposed by the Angkorian monarch Sri Jayasinghavarman (กัมรเตง อัญ ศรีชัยสิงหวรมัน), identified with Suryavarman II.[4]: 38–39
Notes
[edit]- ^ Owing to his southern military campaigns against the polities of the Menam Valley, Thai scholars have identified Śrīdhammatripitaka with the legendary Phrom of Yonok.[2] However, this interpretation appears chronologically inconsistent, as the Kingdom of Yonok is generally understood to have fallen in the 6th century, several centuries earlier than the events attributed to Śrīdhammatripitaka.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h Phra Wichianpreecha (Noi) (1934). Northern Chronicle (in Thai). Royal Society of Thailand. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
- ^ a b Sa-ngob Suriyin (30 December 2022). "เมืองลพบุรีเป็นของไทยเมื่อใด?" [When Lavo became Tai?]. www.silpa-mag.com (in Thai). Archived from the original on 25 December 2023. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
- ^ a b Thepthani, Phra Borihan (1953). Thai National Chronicles: the history of the nation since ancient times (in Thai). S. Thammasamakkhi. p. 30. Archived from the original on 5 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
- ^ Chatchai Sukrakarn (October 2005). "พระเจ้าศรีธรรมาโศกราช" [Sri Thammasokaraj] (PDF) (in Thai). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2024. Retrieved 6 November 2024.