Chen Li Fu
Chên Li Fu Kingdom | |||||||||||||||
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| 12th – early 13th centuries | |||||||||||||||
Political entities in mainland Southeast Asia in 1180 CE after the decline of Dvaravati | |||||||||||||||
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| Religion | Theravada Buddhism | ||||||||||||||
| Government | Kingdom | ||||||||||||||
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• 1180–1204 | Fang-hui-chih | ||||||||||||||
• 1204–? | Mahīđharavarman III | ||||||||||||||
| Historical era | Post-classical era | ||||||||||||||
• Fall of Kamalanka | 1058 | ||||||||||||||
• Establishment | 12th century | ||||||||||||||
• First tribute sent to China | 1200 | ||||||||||||||
• Annexed by Phip Phli | 1204 | ||||||||||||||
• Formation of Ayutthaya | 1351 | ||||||||||||||
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Chên Li Fu (Chinese: 真里富; lit. 'genuinely wealthy') or Suvarnapura was a political entity located on the north shore of the Gulf of Siam, west of Chenla.: 1 It centered at the ancient Mueang Uthong.: 20 The area encompassed the western Chao Phraya Basin, present-day Phetchaburi province,: 12 and Prachuap Khiri Khan province of Thailand,: 19 bordering Po-Ssu-lan to the southeast and Tambralinga to the south.: 12 Chên Li Fu sent tribute to the Chinese court in 1200 and 1205. Later, it evolved to Suphannabhum and was then merged into the Ayutthaya Kingdom in the 14th century.: 13
Chên Li Fu was supposed to be one of the main polities under the Dvaravati civilization, together with the Lavo Kingdom in the eastern basin.: 20 Modern scholars believe Chen Li Fu was Siamese Suphannabhum.
Chên Li Fu was a short-lived polity, as mentioned in the Nakhòn Si Thammarat source, which states that King Mahesvastidrādhirājakṣatriya of Phip Phli (Phetchaburi), expanded his territory northward to Phraek Si Racha (in present-day Chai Nat) in 1204, encompassing the area purported to be Chên Li Fu.: 21