Phraya Kong
| Phraya Kong พระยากง | |
|---|---|
| King of Nakhon Pathom–Kanchanaburi | |
| King of Dvaravati's Kamalanka | |
| Reign | 807–867 |
| Predecessor | Sikaraj |
| Successor | Phraya Pan |
| Born | Nakhon Pathom |
| Died | 867 Ratchaburi or Nakhon Pathom |
| Issue | Phraya Pan |
| Father | Sikaraj |
Phraya Kong (Thai: พระยากง) is a legendary monarch associated with the late Dvaravati period in west-central Thailand. He appears in the Legend of Phra Pathommachedi (ตำนานพระปฐมเจดีย์) and in the several recensions of the Legend of Phraya Kong – Phraya Pan,[1]: 15 [2]: 39 [3] which present him as the successor of Sikaraj and ruler of Nakhon Pathom.[2]: 39 The Northern Chronicle instead makes him ruler of Kanchanaburi.[4]: 55
Legend
[edit]The narrative has him succeed his father Sikaraj and marry a princess in the household of King Dhalemesvara (เทลเมศวร) of Phetchaburi.[3] His reign ends in his defeat and death at the hands of his own son, Phraya Pan,[5]: 11 [6]: 24–25 an episode that has been compared with the Greek story of Oedipus and with the traditions concerning Kamsa and Bana in the Sanskrit Puranas and the Mahabharata.[5]: 5–8, 17
Historicity
[edit]Borihan Thepthani placed his reign between 807 and 867 by calculation from the chronology of the Yonok Chronicle.[7]: 31, 67 No archaeological or epigraphic evidence has been identified that would confirm his existence, and the account of his reign belongs to the body of folklore, Buddhist narrative and dynastic tradition transmitted about the Dvaravati period rather than to its documentary record.[5]: 10–43
References
[edit]- ↑ Saritpong Khumsong (2014). โบราณคดีเมืองนครปฐม: การศึกษาอดีตศูนย์กลางแห่งทวารวดี [Nakhon Pathom Archaeology: A Study of the Former Center of Dvaravati] (PDF) (in Thai). Bangkok: Papermet (Thailand). p. 230. ISBN 978-974-641-498-2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 April 2025.
- 1 2 Chao Phraya Thiphakornwong; Supattaradit Ditsakul. "เรื่องพระปฐมเจดีย์" [The Stories of Phra Pathom Chedi] (PDF) (in Thai). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 June 2025. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
- 1 2 "ตำนานพระยากง – พระยาพาน" [Legend of Phraya Kong – Phraya Pan]. Digital School Thailand 4.0 (in Thai). Retrieved 2 October 2025.
- ↑ Phra Wichianpreecha (Noi) (1934). Northern Chronicle (in Thai). Royal Society of Thailand. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
- 1 2 3 Aphilak Kasemphonkun, ed. (2024). "ประชุมเรื่อง พญากง พญาพาน และตำนานพระปฐมเจดีย์" [Meeting about Phaya Kong, Phaya Phan and the legend of Phra Pathom Chedi] (PDF). Local Cultural Knowledge Dissemination Project, Siam Tassan Studies Center, Faculty of Liberal Arts, Mahidol University (in Thai). Archived from the original on 1 October 2025. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ↑ Nicolas Revire; Stephen A Murphy (2014). Before Siam: Essays in Art and Archaeology. River Books & The Siam Society. ISBN 9786167339412.
- ↑ Thepthani, Phra Borihan (1953). Thai National Chronicles: the history of the nation since ancient times (in Thai). S. Thammasamakkhi. Archived from the original on 5 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.