Tambralinga Tāmbraliṅga | |||||||||||||
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c. 2nd century CE–1277 | |||||||||||||
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Capital | Nakhon Si Thammarat (on the Malay Peninsula) | ||||||||||||
Common languages | Old Malay, Mon Sanskrit | ||||||||||||
Religion | Hinduism, Buddhism | ||||||||||||
Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||||
King | |||||||||||||
• 1230–1262 | Chandrabhanu | ||||||||||||
• 1263–1277 | Savakanmaindan | ||||||||||||
History | |||||||||||||
c. 2nd century CE | |||||||||||||
927 | |||||||||||||
• First mentioned in medieval Chinese sources | 970 | ||||||||||||
775–969 | |||||||||||||
• Late Independent | 970–1277 | ||||||||||||
1003 | |||||||||||||
1025 | |||||||||||||
• Tambralinga invaded Sri Lanka | 1247 | ||||||||||||
• Refounded and became Nakhon Si Thammarat Kingdom | 1278 | ||||||||||||
• The southern peninsula became independent as the Malacca Sultanate | 1365 | ||||||||||||
• Fall of Tambralinga | 1277 | ||||||||||||
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Today part of | Thailand, Malaysia |
History of Thailand |
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Tambralinga (Sanskrit: Tāmbraliṅga) was an Indianised kingdom located on the Malay Peninsula (in modern-day Southern Thailand), existing at least from the 2nd to 13th centuries CE.[1][2]: 19 It was under the influence of Srivijaya for some time,[a] but later became independent from it. The name had been forgotten until scholars recognized Tambralinga as Nakhon Si Thammarat (Nagara Sri Dharmaraja). In Sanskrit and Prakrit, tām(b)ra means "copper", "copper-coloured" or "red" and linga means "symbol" or "creation", typically representing the divine energy of Shiva.[4][5]
Tambralinga first sent an embassy to China under the Song dynasty in 1001. In the 12th century it may or may not have been under the suzerainty of the Burmese Pagan Kingdom and a kingdom of Sri Lanka.[6] At its height in the mid-13th century, under King Chandrabhanu, Tambralinga was independent, regrouping and consolidating its power and even invading Sri Lanka.[7] By the end of the 13th century, Tambralinga was recorded in Siamese history as Nakhon Si Thammarat, under the suzerainty of the Tai Sukhothai Kingdom.[8]
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