Cān Bàn Kingdom
Cān Bàn Kingdom | |
|---|---|
| 6th – 10th century? | |
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 | Avadhyapura |
| Government | Kingdom |
• 11th century | Śrī Vīrendrādhipativarman (II?) |
| Historical era | Post-classical era |
| Today part of | |
Cān Bàn Kingdom (Chinese: 参半国; later known as Avadhyapura or Sang Wok) was an ancient kingdom mentioned in the Chinese leishu, Cefu Yuangui, compiled during the Song dynasty (960–1279 CE). It was located more than a thousand li (500 kilometers) southwest of Zhenla.: 18 Some source says it was northwest of Land Zhenla: 27 (Sambhupura). The city faces the sea, and the land is wet. To the southwest, it bordered the Bái Tóu Kingdom (白头国).: 18 Cān Bàn sent tribute to the Chinese court once in 669 CE.: 27, 35
After Zhenla annexed Funan in 627, Cān Bàn and another kingdom, Zhū Jiāng, which has been identified as Dvaravati, made royal intermarriages with Zhenla. They then fought several wars with Tou Yuan to the northwest, and successfully established it as the vassal of Dvaravati in 647.: 269 : 15–16 In the same period, Zhenla also waged wars with Línyì to the northeast. Through royal connections, Cān Bàn thereafter became a complete vassal of Zhenla.: 27, 35
No further information about the Cān Bàn Kingdom has been found, and its identification is uncertain. Some places it in the present-day Prachin Buri province in Thailand, with the chief center at the ruin of Si Mahosot, which was known as Avadhyapura (अवध्यपुर; อวัธยปุระ, according to the Inscription K.1053, dated to 1193) and Sang Wok during the late Angkorian period.