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Suphannabhumi (Thai: สุพรรณภูมิ) or Xiān/Siam (Chinese: 暹; Thai: สยาม) was a Siamese city-state confederation that existed in the western lower Chao Phraya River basin to upper Malay Peninsula in the present-day Thailand, formed around the beginning of the Proto-Dvaravati period in the 3rd century. In addition to the Lavo Kingdom, Xian was also considered the principality of the Dvaravati until was incorporated into the Tai's Sukhothai Kingdom and Siamese's Ayutthaya Kingdom in the 13th and 15th centuries respectively.
Suphannabhumi Kingdom แคว้นสุพรรณภูมิ Kwean Suphannabhumi 暹國 Xiān guó | |||||||||||||||
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3rd century–15th century | |||||||||||||||
Religion | Theravada Buddhism | ||||||||||||||
Government | Mandala kingship
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History | |||||||||||||||
• Indianization city-states | 3rd century | ||||||||||||||
• Lavo seized Suphannabhumi | Late 10th century[1] | ||||||||||||||
• Suphannabhumi seized Lavo | Early 11th century[2] | ||||||||||||||
1058[3] | |||||||||||||||
• Ruled by Tai's Wieng Chai Narai Clan | 1121 | ||||||||||||||
• Controlled by Lavo's Ayodhya | Early 13th century[3] | ||||||||||||||
• Foundation of Sukhothai Kingdom | 1238 | ||||||||||||||
• Foundation of Ayutthaya Kingdom | 1351 | ||||||||||||||
• Disestablished | 15th century | ||||||||||||||
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Before the Sukhothai period, the region was called by the Chinese Xiān guó (Chinese: 暹國), while the term Suphannabhumi was first mentioned in the Ram Khamhaeng Inscription which describes the area under the control of Sukhothai Kingdom in the west Chao Phraya River basin.