Chên Li Fu Kingdom | |||||||||||||
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4th – early 13th centuries | |||||||||||||
![]() Political entities in mainland Southeast Asia in 1180 CE after the decline of Dvaravati | |||||||||||||
Capital | Mueang Uthong | ||||||||||||
Common languages | |||||||||||||
Religion | Theravada Buddhism | ||||||||||||
Government | Kingdom | ||||||||||||
Monarch | |||||||||||||
• 1180–1205 | Fang-hui-chih | ||||||||||||
• 1205–1225 | Mahīđharavarman | ||||||||||||
Historical era | Post-classical era | ||||||||||||
• Establishment | Unknown | ||||||||||||
• First sent tribute to China | 1200 | ||||||||||||
• Formation of Ayutthaya | 1351 | ||||||||||||
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Chên Li Fu (Chinese: 真里富) was a political entity located on the north shore of the Gulf of Siam, west of Chenla.[1]: 1 [2] It centered at the ancient Mueang Uthong.[1]: 20 The area encompassed the western Chao Phraya Basin and present-day Phetchaburi province of Thailand,[1]: 12 bordering Po-Ssu-lan to the southeast and Tambralinga to the south.[1]: 12 [2] Chên Li Fu sent tribute to the Chinese court in 1200 and 1205. Later, the region was merged into the Ayutthaya Kingdom in the 14th century.[1]: 13
Chên Li Fu was supposed to be one of the main polities under the Dvaravati civilization, together with the Lavo Kingdom in the eastern basin.[1]: 20