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

292 HEV!EW Aln'ICLE
found-Dong Mae Nang Mueng. Mae Nang Mueng is a southern
expression, and it means the Great Queen, or what we would call the
Queen Mother today, or even the Old Matriarch (cf. Sala Mae Nang
Sundari in section 13.)
1178 A.D. Chinese chronicles and Ma Tuan Lin: San-fo-tsi sent
an embassy in this year. Ma Tuan Lin stated that the embassy told the
emperor that their king had succeeded his father in 1069. As there is
a difference of only two years between this record and the inscription
above, the new king was probably the Maharajadhiraja.
118 3 A.D. Inscription on the base of a bronze image (Buddha under
Naga, cast in three pieces) from Chaiya: A king named Kamarateng
an Maharaja Srimat Trailokyaraja Maulibhusana Varrnadeva issued a
decree to the governor of Grahi, Maha Senapati Glanai, to invite (the
artist) Marateog Sri Yano to make this (Buddha) image for the people
to adore. Trailokyaraja was king of Chaiya where the image was found
(one of tbe city states of Sri Vijaya); while Grahi was probably Kraburi
or Krabi (more likely Kraburi, in present-day Chumporn Province). I
would not be surprised if the image contained a high percentage of tin,
because both Kraburi and Krabi were centres for the production of this
metal. I should add also that this king should not be confused with the
kings of Malayu named Maharaja Srimat Tribhuvanaraja Mauli
Varmadeva (1286 and 1347.) Not only are the names different but the
dates differ also.
Circa 1200 A.D. Chronicles of Nakorn Sri Thammaraj: Two Sri
Tbammasokarajas and two Chandrabanus appear in this source.
Pbra Chao Sri Thammasokaraja, the king of Nakorn Sri Thammaraj,
was an old man and a very pious person. Tao U-Thong of Ayodhia
(not to be confused with the Phra Chao U-Thong who founded Ayudia
and took on the title of Ramatipati) moved down south with his army,
and Sri Thammasoka, who preferred peace to war, met him in Bang
Sapan in presentday Prachuab Kirikband province. Tao U-Thong
pointed to a sila (stone, boulder, hill or mountain) and said that south
of this sila should be the territory of Phra Chao Sri Thammasokaraja,
and north of this stone should. be the territory of T~o U- fhong. Tbe
forests then separated of their own accord.