Chin Lin
Chin Lin/Kim Lin (金鄰/金邻国) (จินหลิน/กิมหลิน) | |||||||||||||||
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| 9 CE–c. 6th century CE | |||||||||||||||
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 | Mueang Uthong? | ||||||||||||||
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| Historical era | 9 CE – 6th centuries CE | ||||||||||||||
• Established | 9 CE | ||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | c. 6th century CE | ||||||||||||||
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Chin Lin or Kim Lin (Chinese: 金鄰/金邻; Thai: จินหลิน/กิมหลิน; lit. 'golden/wealthy neighbor') was an ancient political entities in modern lower central Thailand existed from the 9 CE to the 3rd century.
In the 3rd century CE, after defeating Tun Sun to control the trans-Kra Isthmus trade route and encircle Chin Lin, king Fan Man of Funan attempted to seize Chin Lin, but failed due to his illness.
The city "Balangka, an inland town" (บลังกา), mentioned in the Geographike Hyphegesis of Ptolemy in the 2nd century, has been assumed by Thai scholars to have been Mueang Uthong, the center of Chin Lin. However, some identified Balangka with the ancient Nakhon Pathom.