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RAMKHAMHAENG THE GREAT
Ramkhamhaeng the Great was the third king of the Phra Ruang dynasty, ruling the Sukhothai kingdom, from 1277 to 1317, during its most prosperous era. He is credited with the creation of the Thai alphabet and the firm establishment of Theravada Buddhism as the state religion of the kingdom. His parents were Prince Bang Klang Hao, who ruled as King Sri Indraditya, and Queen Sueang, although a legend describes his parents as an ogress named Kangli and a fisherman.At the age of 19 he participated in his father's successful invasion of the city of Sukhothai, freeing it from Khmer rule and essentially establishing the independent Sukhothai kingdom. Because of his conduct at war, he was given the title "Phra Ramkhamhaeng", or Rama the Bold. After his father's death his elder brother Ban Muang ruled the kingdom and gave Prince Ramkhamhaeng control of the city of Sri Satchanalai. On his accession, therefore, Prince Ramkhamhaeng had an established reputation for leadership.
Ramkhamhaeng formed an alliance with the Yuan Dynasty of China, from whom he imported the techniques for making ceramics now known as Sangkhalok ware. A story describes his seduction of the wife of King Ngam Muang, the ruler of neighbouring Phayao - an event which may have helped him to form his three-way alliance with Ngam Mueang and with King Mengrai of Chiang Mai, both of whose kingdoms were to the north of Sukhothai. Ramkhamhaeng expanded his kingdom as far as Lampang, Phrae and Nan in the north, Phitsanulok and Vientiane in the east, Mon in the west, as far as the Gulf of Bengal in the northwest and Nakhon Si Thammarat in the south.
Ramkhamhaeng is traditionally credited with developing the Thai alphabet from earlier Khmer, Mon and Burmese scripts, on the evidence of an inscription dated to 1283 or 1292 which bears the earliest known Thai writing. He is also still respected as the king who introduced the style of benevolent monarchy that remains today. He was succeeded by his son Pho Khun Loethai.
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