Jayasena

Jayasena (Thai: ชัยเสน), the sixth king of Xiān at Ayodhya, succeeded to the throne upon the death of his father-in-law, Uthong II. His claim was legitimized through marriage to Uthong II’s only daughter, who had previously been betrothed to his elder brother, Jayadatta (ชัยทัต). Jayadatta’s premature death, however, prevented the marriage from being formalized, thereby enabling Jayasena to assume both the royal marriage alliance and the succession to Ayodhya.

During his reign, China dispatched a naval embassy to Xiān in 1282 under the leadership of He Zizhi; the mission failed when the envoys were captured and executed by Cham forces. In response, Xiān undertook its first formal diplomatic mission to China in the following decade.

Jayasena, in 1289, abdicated in favor of his adopted son, Suvarnaraja, the child of Jayadatta and Uthong II’s daughter. Afterward, he moved north back to Phichai Chiang Mai or Kampoṭanagara (กัมโพชนคร), where he succeeded his father Sukhandhakhiri (สุคนธคีรี).