Lavo Kingdom

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Was one of the kingdoms of the Dvaravati Civilization, in Siam.

Establishment

January 451: The legendary first king of Lavo, Phraya Kalavarnadit, a Mon ruler, was said to have established the city around 450 CE as one of the Dvaravati city-states.

Chronology

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1. Events

January 628: The end of the Fu-nan confederation allowed the establishment of different kingdoms, including that of Dvâravatî.

January 651: Isanavarman I of the Chenla Kingdom expanded Khmer influence to the Chao Phraya valley through his campaigns around the 7th century. Dvaravati cities that fell under Khmer hegemony became Lavo, while the Western cities were spared from Khmer hegemony and formed Suvarnabhumi. Lavo was the center from which Khmer authority ruled over the Dvaravati.

January 1088: The Khmer influences on Lavo began to wane as a result of the growing influence of the emerging Burmese kingdom of Pagan. In 1087 Kyansittha of Pagan invaded Lavo, but King Narai of Lavo was able to repel the Burmese invasion and Lavo, emerging relatively stronger from the encounter, was thus spared from either Khmer or Burmese hegemony. King Narai moved the capital to Ayodhaya and Lavo was then able to exert pressure on Suvarnabhumi to the west and slowly to take its cities.

January 1239: Pho Khun Bang Klang Hao was a local mueang chief who led a group of Central Thai peoples in rebelling against the governor at Sukhodaya in 1238. This led to the establishment of Sukhothai as an independent Thai state.

January 1258: King Ramkhamhaeng expanded his kingdom to include bordering cities, leading to the Sukhothai Kingdom covering the entire upper valley of the Chao Phraya River by the end of his reign in 1257.

January 1299: Ban Mueang and Ram Khamhaeng the Great expanded Sukhothai beyond the borders established by their father. They conquered the Mandala kingdoms of Suvarnabhumi and Tambralinga.

January 1351: King Uthong and King Ramathibodi I founded Ayutthaya in 1350. King Uthong was the first king of Ayutthaya, while King Ramathibodi I was the founder of the Ayutthaya Kingdom. They named the city after Ayodhya, a sacred city in India.