Zhū Jiāng Kingdom
Zhū Jiāng Kingdom | |||||||||
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| 7th–8th centuries | |||||||||
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 | Champasri | ||||||||
| Religion | Buddhism | ||||||||
| Government | Kingdom | ||||||||
| Historical era | Post-classical era | ||||||||
• Established | 7th century | ||||||||
• First mentioned in a Chinese source | 7th century | ||||||||
• Dvaravati sphere | 7th–9th-c. | ||||||||
• Angkorian sphere | 10th–12th-c. | ||||||||
• Destroyed by Lan Xang | 14th century | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Thailand | ||||||||
Zhū Jiāng Kingdom (Chinese: 朱江国; lit. 'country of red river') was an ancient kingdom in present-day central Thailand mentioned in the Chinese leishu, Cefu Yuangui, and the Book of Sui. It was located to the west of Zhenla.
After Zhenla annexed Funan in 627, Zhū Jiāng, which has been identified as one of Dvaravati-influenced polities, and another kingdom, Cān Bàn, allied via royal intermarriage with Zhenla. They then fought several wars against Tou Yuan to the northwest. Tou Yuan later became a vassal of Dvaravati in 647. In addition, Zhenla also waged wars against Línyì to the northeast at the time mentioned.
According to the Laotian Phra That Phanom Chronicle, its proposed chief city, Champasri, and several satellite settlements, together with the neighboring kingdom of Kuruntha at Saket Nakhon (present-day Roi Et), were destroyed by King Fa Ngum of Luang Phrabang after he successfully reunited the Laotian Kingdoms in the 14th century. Local sage claims that King of Champasri had a close dynastic relation with Mahendravarman, King of Chenla.