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

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(Subarna or Suvarna-bhumi, the land of Gold); Kanjanaburi (the City
of Gold); Rajburi and Bejrburi. After Nakorn Cbaisri had become
deserted, the Chinese still used the name Sien or Siam. Later, when
Ayudhia (Lokok) had become powerful in the Central Plain, the name
was changed to Siem-Lokok. One of the Chinese records mentions a
king of Supanburi called by the sound of something like Su-barn-ong.
This was Indraraja, a prince of Supan who became king of Ayudhia.
In the period when Kublai Khan sent a message to the king of Sien
to stop killing the people of Malaiur, Ram Kamhaeng of Sukotbai had
already gained control of Supanburi, Rajburi and Bejrburi, and was in
the process of getting control of Nakorn, or was helping to defend
Nakorn against the Javanese, as the case may be. If I remember rightly,
the Chinese source says that the envoys met Ram Kamhaeng at Bejrburi,
where they delivered the Khan's message.
1297 A.D. Malikul Saleh, the first ruler of Semudera, died in this
year. According to the Sejarah Melayu, Malikul also founded the kingdom
of Pasai in North Sumatra in order to provide each of his sons with a
kingdom.
Semudera and Pasai are twin cities on opposite sides of the
same river, like Bangkok and Dhonburi.
1299 and 130 I A.D. Malayu sent embassies to 'tlie Chinese court.
About I 300 A.D. Ram Kambaeng, who came to the throne of
Sukhothai about 1279 A.D. and died about the turn of the century,
stated in his inscription that his territory in the south extended to
Supanbhumi (Supanburi), Rajburi, Bejrburi and Nakorn Sri Thammaraj
"to where the sea marks the limit". After Ram Kamhaeng's death the
states under the hegemony of Sukhothai broke away and townships set
up their own chieftains.
This brings us to a natural break in the story, and I will go off on
a tan~ent before .continuing witbJbe 14th century evidence,