Phrom
Sign in to savePhrom (; ), also known as Phrom the Great (; ) or Phromkuman (; ), is a semi-legendary ruler associated with the Yonok Kingdom in the Lan Na region of present-day northern Thailand. He is traditionally regarded as the first Thai monarch to bear the title Maharaja (), though accounts of his life derive primarily from legends and later chronicles rather than contemporary historical records.
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Yonok
- Place of birth
- Yonok
- Place of death
- Yonok
- Occupation
- soldier
- Position held
- monarch
- Languages spoken
- Northern Thai
- Native language
- Northern Thai
- Religion
- Mahāyāna
- Noble title
- king
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- 0361-00-00
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- 0438-00-00
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Phrom (; ), also known as Phrom the Great (; ) or Phromkuman (; ), is a semi-legendary ruler associated with the Yonok Kingdom in the Lan Na region of present-day northern Thailand. He is traditionally regarded as the first Thai monarch to bear the title Maharaja (), though accounts of his life derive primarily from legends and later chronicles rather than contemporary historical records.
The chronology of Phrom’s era has long been debated. Earlier scholarship placed his lifetime between the 9th and 11th centuries CE, based on a misinterpretation of the era systems used in the Legend of Singhanavati. More recent studies identify these systems as the Buddhist era and the Shaka era, suggesting instead that Phrom should be dated to the 4th–5th centuries CE, although chronological inconsistencies remain within the legendary sources.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Phrom” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.