Zhū Jiāng Kingdom
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Zhū Jiāng Kingdom | |||||||||
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| 7th–8th centuries | |||||||||
 Proposed locations of ancient kingdoms in Menam and Mekong Valleys in the 7th century based on the details provided in the Chinese leishu, Cefu Yuangui, and others. | |||||||||
| Capital | Champasri | ||||||||
| Religion | Buddhism | ||||||||
| Government | Kingdom | ||||||||
| Historical era | Post-classical era | ||||||||
• Established | 7th century | ||||||||
• First mentioned in a Chinese source | 7th century | ||||||||
• Dvaravati sphere | 7th–9th-c. | ||||||||
• Angkorian sphere | 10th–12th-c. | ||||||||
• Destroyed by Lan Xang | 14th century | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Thailand | ||||||||
Zhū Jiāng Kingdom (Chinese: 朱江国; lit. 'country of red river') was an ancient kingdom in present-day central Thailand mentioned in the Chinese leishu, Cefu Yuangui,[1] and the Book of Sui.[2] It was located to the west of Zhenla.[1]: 16 [2]
After Zhenla annexed Funan in 627, Zhū Jiāng, which has been identified as one of Dvaravati-influenced polities,[3] and another kingdom, Cān Bàn, allied via royal intermarriage with Zhenla. They then fought several wars against Tou Yuan to the northwest.[4] Tou Yuan later became a vassal of Dvaravati in 647.[5]: 269 [6]: 15–16 In addition, Zhenla also waged wars against Línyì to the northeast at the time mentioned.[4]
According to the Laotian Phra That Phanom Chronicle, its proposed chief city, Champasri, and several satellite settlements, together with the neighboring kingdom of Kuruntha at Saket Nakhon (present-day Roi Et), were destroyed by King Fa Ngum of Luang Phrabang after he successfully reunited the Laotian Kingdoms in the 14th century.[7] Local sage claims that King of Champasri had a close dynastic relation with Mahendravarman, King of Chenla.[7]
