Si Inthrathit ศรีอินทราทิตย์ | |
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Pho Khun Si Inthrathit | |
Pho Khun of Sukhothai | |
Reign | 1238 - 1270 |
Predecessor | Monarchy established |
Successor | Ban Mueang |
Born | 1188 Mueang Rat |
Died | 1270 (aged 81/82 years old) Sukhothai Kingdom |
Spouse | Sueang |
Issue | Ban Mueang Ram Khamhaeng the Great Three other children |
House | Phra Ruang Dynasty |
Si Inthrathit (Thai: ศรีอินทราทิตย์, pronounced [sǐː ʔīn.tʰrāː.tʰít]; also spelt Śrī Indrāditya) was the first king of the Sukhothai Kingdom, a historical kingdom of Thailand, and ruled from 1238 until around 1270. He is credited as the founder of the Phra Ruang (พระร่วง) Dynasty, itself credited as the first historical Siamese dynasty, having a double claim to this title: for being cradled precisely in the region designated by foreigners as "Siam", and for being the dynasty which freed the Thai principalities from the Khmer Empire[1]
(1) The translation of this paper, which has been read at a joint session of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Société Asiatique, and American Oriental Society, and published in the Journal asiatique (April–June 1920), is the work of Mr. J. Crosby, to whom the author begs to tend his heartfelt thanks.