Ny Wang

Ny Wang or Nü-wang (Chinese: 女王^: 193) was an ancient political entity mentions in the Chinese records in the late 9th and 13th centuries, located in either the central Mekong valley of Laos and Thailand^: 144 or northern Thailand.^: 166–67 It was said to be ruled by the queen^{: 144 : 166–67} and possibly is of the Austric-speaking people as matriarchal regimes certainly existed.^: 144 In the Chinese record Man-chu 蛮书 written by Fán chuò 樊绰, the kingdom was attacked by 20,000 Man people but won.^{: 143 : 167} The Man (蠻) is non-Chinese peoples in southern China throughout history, which considered barbarian.^: 167 In this case, probably was the troop of Nanzhao.^: 167

Ny Wang joined Lavo Kingdom in sending an embassy to the Yuan dynasty during the reign of Kublai Khan in 1289.^: 144 This make Thai academics hypothesize that Ny Wang was possibly the Haripuñjaya kingdom, whose ruled by the Lavo's princess, Jamadevi, in the beginning of the establishment,^: 132 whereas Gordon Luce speculates that Haripuñjaya was probably K'un-lun mentions in the Man-chu.^: 143–44