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The Memorial of Phra Ruang and Khom Dam Din in Sukhothai.. Phra Ruang (Thai: พระร่วง) is a legendary figure from Thai history, usually described as the founder of the first Thai kingdom who freed the people from the rule of the ancient Khmer Empire.
Li Thai wrote the Traiphum Phra Ruang ("three worlds by Phra Ruang", Phra Ruang being the dynastic name of Li Thai's lineage), a religious and philosophical text describing the various worlds of Buddhist cosmology, and the way in which karma consigns living beings to one world or another. The Ten Virtues of a sovereign were set down as guiding ...
Sukhothai is traditionally known as "the first Thai kingdom" in Thai historiography, but current historical consensus agrees that the history of the Thai people began much earlier. The ruins of the kingdom's capital, now 12 km (7.5 mi) outside the modern town of Sukhothai Thani in Sukhothai Province , are preserved as the Sukhothai Historical ...
The Phra Ruang dynasty was the only royal lineage that ruled over the Sukhothai Kingdom, the first Central Thai state. Established by Si Inthrathit in 1238, who declared independence from the Khmer Empire, the dynasty laid the foundations for Thai society. [ 7 ]
Phra Ruang I [2]: 24–28 (Si Inthrathit) [5] K. of Sukhothai–Sawankhalok 1188–1270 r. 1238–1270: Rebuild Sawankhalok [2]: 17 / Phra Ruang Dynasty establishment: Khamhaeng Phra Ram Ruler of Saraluang–Song Khwae [d] First king of Si Nao Nam Thum dynasty Some scholars speculate he's from upper Nan River Valley [3] Si Sattha
Khun (ขุน) before becoming a Thai feudal title, was a Tai title for a ruler of a fortified town and its surrounding villages, together called a muang; in older usage prefixed pho 'father', [8] Comparable in sound and meaning to rural English 'paw'. Bangklanghao ruled Sukhothai as Sri Indraditya and began the Phra Ruang dynasty. He ...
Phra Ruang, the City Father of Lavo, then a subject of the Khmer king, was obliged to send water-tribute to Angkor. Instead of using normal jars, he devised big baskets to hold a large amount of water. Later Phra Ruang escaped to Sukhothai and ordained as a monk. The Khmer king sent a warrior after him. The Khmer warrior travelled underground ...
The legend of the Himavanta forest has continued to influence Buddhist society in Thailand for a long time. It is often seen in artworks in religious places, in the form of paintings, sculptures, decorations, writings, poems, and even films. [4] In the past, the kings applied the principle of Dharma to rule their people.