The Journal of the Siam Society Vol. LXIV, Part 1-2, 1976 - Khamkoo

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I should add that in the first part of this paper I
accepted the opinion of the experts, Sastri included, that Chandrabanu
was killed in Ceylon in 1270 or 71.
But it now seems that Chandrabanu's
second invasion (as given in the Culawamsa) was made in about
1260.
1167 A.D. Inscription from Dong Mae Nang Mueng, Nakorn
• Sawan province:
The text, written in the Khom script and language,
states that the Maharajadhiraja (king of kings), also named Asokamaharaja
and Sri Thamrnasoka, issued an edict to King Sunata of
Dhanayapura to detach certain paddy land for the upkeep of the (stupa
containing the) ashes of Kamarateng Chakata Sri Thammasoka.
One
Maha Senapati (high official) nemed Sri Bhuvanatitya Indradvipa bore
the decree to King Sunata in the year corresponding to 1167 A.D.
This epigraph is interesting for the appearance of two Sri
Thammasokarajas, one of whom, Kamarateng Chakata, was dead and
the other was known as Maharajadhiraja. The name Thammasokaraja
appears in many parts and many periods-to mention but a few, Sukhothai,
Sri Sajnalai and Kampaeng Bejr in the north; in some legends of Patalung,
in some doggerel at Chaiya and, of course, at Nakorn in the south.
The two Thammasokarajas in this inscription are generally accepted to
have been father and son and they were kings of Nakorn Sri Tbammaraj.
It will be seen later that this was the title of the first king of Nakorn.
There have been marty conjectures about this inscription. The best
suggestion is probably that the dead Thammasoka had taken a lady of
Nakorn Sawan to wife, perhaps even as his queen. When the old king
died and was cremated, she returned home, taking back with her some
of her husband's ashes (sariradhatu), which she had interred in a stupa.
The new king, Maharajadhiraja, who was her son, lent his good offices
by sending orders to King Sunata of Dhanayapura to see that everything
was carried out according to the old lady's wishes. In this way King
Sunata would be a relative of the old lady and of the Maharaja of
Nakorn himself. This conjecture, put forward by a southern scholar, is
based on the present name of the locality where the inscription was