Haripuñjaya
Haripuñjaya/Hariphunchai | |||||||||||
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| 629–1281 | |||||||||||
Mainland Southeast Asia in 1100 CE | |||||||||||
| Capital | Haripuñjaya (Lamphun) | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Mon, Pali, Lawa, Northern Thai | ||||||||||
| Religion | Buddhism (Theravada, Mahayana) | ||||||||||
| Government | Mandala kingdom | ||||||||||
| Monarch | |||||||||||
• 662-669, or 662-679, or 659-688 | Camadevi (Jamadevi) | ||||||||||
• c. 1281 | Yip (Yi Ba) | ||||||||||
| Historical era | Post-classical | ||||||||||
• Legendary founding of Haripuñjaya by Suthep | 629 | ||||||||||
• More probable founding of Haripuñjaya | 750 | ||||||||||
• Besieged and captured by Ngoenyang | 1281 | ||||||||||
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Haripuñjaya (Central and Northern Thai: หริภุญชัย RTGS: Hariphunchai, also spelled Haribhuñjaya) was a Mon kingdom in what is now Northern Thailand, existing from the 7th or 8th to 13th century CE. Its capital was at Lamphun, which at the time was also called Haripuñjaya.: 77 In 1292 the city was besieged and captured by Mangrai of the Tai kingdom of Lan Na.: 208
The kingdom is referred to as K'un-lun in ancient Chinese records.: 143–44