Sudarsana
| Sudarsana สุทัศน์ | |
|---|---|
| King of Old Indaprasthanagara | |
| Reign | c. 9th centuries |
| Predecessor | Monarch established |
| Successor | Unknown (the title next held by his grandson, Phraya Kreak) |
| Died | 9th century Old Indaprasthanagara |
| Issue | Phraya Kreak of Indaprasthanagara |
| House | Padumasūriyavaṃśa |
Sudarsana (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.) was a monarch of about 9th century in Thai historiography, principally attested in the Northern Chronicle[1][2]:72–73 and the Legend of Mueang Phaya Re (ตำนานเมืองพญาเร่).[3]:127 In the Northern Chronicle he is born into a wealthy family at Aroccakāma, is enthroned there, and renames the settlement Indaprasthanagara. It gives no details of his children, and the next ruler it names is his grandson Phraya Kreak, who moves the seat eastward.
The sources disagree about where that polity lay and who refounded it. The Legend of Mueang Phaya Re makes Sudarsana its refounder in 757 and places it in eastern Thailand, while several central and Lan Na texts place it in the central Menam valleys. The Ayutthaya Testimonies give the refoundation of that year to Padumasūriyavaṃśa instead.
Chronicle accounts
Family and succession
In the oldest available recension of the Northern Chronicle, published in 1869, Sudarsana is described as having been born into a wealthy family in a settlement named Aroccakāma (อโรชคาม), although the chronicle provides no details about his parents.[2]:72 His family is described as having been accompanied by about 500 wealthy followers.[2]:73 Sudarsana was subsequently enthroned as ruler of the settlement and renamed the polity Indaprasthanagara.[1][2]:73
The chronicle states that Sudarsana had offspring but provides no individual details about them until its account of Phraya Kreak, who is identified as his grandson. Phraya Kreak is described as the ruler of Indaprasthanagara and as having moved the seat eastward, a journey said to have taken 15 days. The new seat retained the name Indaprasthanagara, and the chronicle places it 15 days' journey north of Ayodhya.[2]:77
Location and refoundation
The local legend of the eastern region, the Legend of Mueang Phaya Re, instead identifies Sudarsana as the refounder of Indaprasthanagara in 757 and places the polity in eastern Thailand.[3]:127 Central and Lan Na texts, such as the Northern Chronicle,[2]:76–77 the Ayutthaya Testimonies,[4]:5–6 the Legend of Singhanavati,[5]:82 and the Yonok Chronicle,[6]:166 place it in the central Menam valleys. The Ayutthaya Testimonies attribute the refoundation of the same year to the first Siamese monarch Padumasūriyavaṃśa.[4]:6[lower-alpha 1]
Notes
- ↑ Padumasūriyavaṃśa, monarch of Indaprasthanagara, is equated with Pra Poat honne Sourittep pennaratui sonanne bopitra,[7]:38 a figure named in Du Royaume de Siam whose reign is stated to have begun in 757 CE.[8] The Ayutthaya Testimonies nonetheless describe the city as already existing before his reign.[4]:6
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wongthes, Sujit (25 September 2021). "สุจิตต์ วงษ์เทศ : ตายไปเป็นหิน ความเชื่อดั้งเดิมในศาสนาผี" [Sujit Wongthes: Turning into Stone Upon Death—Traditional Beliefs in Spirit Religion]. Matichon (in ไทย). Retrieved 17 September 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "พระราชพงศาวดารเหนือ" [The Royal Northern Chronicle] (in ไทย). 1869. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 September 2026. Retrieved 7 September 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Panrob, Boonderm. "ตำนานท้องถิ่นภาคตะวันออก: ความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างอดีตและปัจจุบัน" [The Legenda in Eastern Area: The Relation of the Past and the Present] (PDF) (in ไทย). Retrieved 26 July 2026.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Fine Arts Department, ed. (1968). Khamhaikan Chao Krung Kao Khamhaikan Khun Luang Ha Wat Lae Phra Ratcha Pongsawadarn Krung Kao Chabab Luang Luang Prasoet Aksorn คำให้การชาวกรุงเก่า คำให้การขุนหลวงหาวัด และ พระราชพงศาวดารกรุงเก่าฉบับหลวงประเสริฐอักษรนิติ์ [Testimony of the King Who Entered a Wat, Testimony of the Inhabitants of the Old Capital, and Royal Chronicle of the Old Capital: Luang Prasoet Aksorn Version] (PDF) (in ไทย). Bangkok: Rung Rueang Tham. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 April 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2024. Unknown parameter
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- ↑ Manit Vallipodom. "ตำนานสิงหนวติกุมารฉบับสอบค้น" [The Legend of Singhanavati Kumara: Researched Edition] (PDF) (in ไทย). Office of the Prime Minister. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2025. Retrieved 3 February 2026. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Fine Arts Department (6 February 1961). "พงศาวดารโยนก" [Yonok Chronicle] (PDF) (in ไทย). Rung Rueang Rat. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
- ↑ Thamrungrueang, Rungrot; Phakdeekham, Santi (18 November 2016). "เกร็ดประวัติศาสตร์และการเมือง ว่าด้วยปรางค์ขอม ปราสาทเขมร และศิลปะลพบุรี" [Historical and political notes on Khom prangs, Khmer castles and Lopburi art] (PDF). Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre (in ไทย). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 May 2024. Retrieved 26 November 2025. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Simon de La Loubère (1693). "Du royaume de Siam". ota.bodleian.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 8 September 2025. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
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