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'''Adītaraj''' ({{langx|th|อาทิตยราช}}) is mentioned in the Pali {{ill|Ratanabimbavamsa|th|รัตนพิมพวงษ์}} (The Chronicle of the Emerald Buddha) as a monarch of the early Siamese polity.[{{cite web|url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%A8%E0%B9%8C_-_%E0%B9%92%E0%B9%94%E0%B9%95%E0%B9%95.pdf|trans-title=Ratanabimbavamsa|title=รัตนพิมพวงษ์|language=th|date=1912|author=Pae Talalak|accessdate=19 December 2024}}]{{rp|51}} He is recorded as ruling over [[Ayojjhapura]],[{{rp|51}} a polity further corroborated by the Pali chronicle [[Jinakalamali]], which situates it within the historical region of [[Rāmaññadesa]].][{{cite web|url=https://www.finearts.go.th/storage/contents/file/CZBhv0xayi8Cl0A9KlXeDVNQ4oGJSzpQqiOb6mVr.pdf|title=Jinakalamali|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250130045009/https://www.finearts.go.th/storage/contents/file/CZBhv0xayi8Cl0A9KlXeDVNQ4oGJSzpQqiOb6mVr.pdf |language=th|accessdate=30 January 2025|archive-date=30 January 2025 }}]{{rp|97}} According to these sources, [[Ayojjhapura]] functioned as the metropolitan center located north of [[Lavo Kingdom|Lavo]]'s [[Lopburi|Lavapura]]. Based on this geographical description, Thai historians have proposed an identification of Ayojjhapura with [[Si Thep Historical Park|Si Thep]],[{{cite web|url=https://www.matichonweekly.com/column/article_563337|title=ฤๅเมืองโบราณศรีเทพ คือ 'อโยธยา-มหานคร' ในตำนานพระแก้วมรกต และตำนานพระสิกขีปฏิมาศิลาดำ?|date=16 June 2022|accessdate=19 December 2024|language=th|work=[[Matichon]]|trans-title=Is the ancient city of Sri Thep the ‘Ayutthaya-the metropolis’ in the legend of the Emerald Buddha and the legend of the black stone Buddha Sikhi Patima?|author=Pensupa Sukkata|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241218222126/https://www.matichonweekly.com/column/article_563337|archive-date=2024-12-18}}] which is recorded in Chinese sources as [[Qiān Zhī Fú]].[{{cite book|author=Hoshino, T|date=2002|chapter=Wen Dan and its neighbors: the central Mekong Valley in the seventh and eighth centuries. |editor1=M. Ngaosrivathana|editor2=K. Breazeale|title=Breaking New Ground in Lao History: Essays on the Seventh to Twentieth Centuries|pp=25–72|place=Chiang Mai|publisher=Silkworm Books|url=https://archive.org/details/breakingnewgroun0000unse/page/25/mode/1up?view=theater}}]{{rp|30}} |
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'''Adītaraj''' ({{langx|th|อาทิตยราช}}) is mentioned in the Pali ''{{ill|Ratanabimbavamsa|th|รัตนพิมพวงษ์}}'' (The Chronicle of the Emerald Buddha) as a monarch of the early Siamese polity.[{{cite web|url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%A8%E0%B9%8C_-_%E0%B9%92%E0%B9%94%E0%B9%95%E0%B9%95.pdf|trans-title=Ratanabimbavamsa|title=รัตนพิมพวงษ์|language=th|date=1912|author=Pae Talalak|accessdate=19 December 2024}}]{{rp|51}} He is recorded as ruling over [[Ayojjhapura]],[{{rp|51}} a polity further corroborated by the Pali chronicle ''[[Jinakalamali]]'', which situates it within the historical region of [[Rāmaññadesa]].][{{cite web|url=https://www.finearts.go.th/storage/contents/file/CZBhv0xayi8Cl0A9KlXeDVNQ4oGJSzpQqiOb6mVr.pdf|title=Jinakalamali|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250130045009/https://www.finearts.go.th/storage/contents/file/CZBhv0xayi8Cl0A9KlXeDVNQ4oGJSzpQqiOb6mVr.pdf |language=th|accessdate=30 January 2025|archive-date=30 January 2025 }}]{{rp|97}} According to these sources, [[Ayojjhapura]] functioned as the metropolitan center located north of [[Lavo Kingdom|Lavo]]'s [[Lopburi|Lavapura]]. Based on this geographical description, Thai historians have proposed an identification of Ayojjhapura with [[Si Thep Historical Park|Si Thep]],[{{cite web|url=https://www.matichonweekly.com/column/article_563337|title=ฤๅเมืองโบราณศรีเทพ คือ 'อโยธยา-มหานคร' ในตำนานพระแก้วมรกต และตำนานพระสิกขีปฏิมาศิลาดำ?|date=16 June 2022|accessdate=19 December 2024|language=th|work=[[Matichon]]|trans-title=Is the ancient city of Sri Thep the ‘Ayutthaya-the metropolis’ in the legend of the Emerald Buddha and the legend of the black stone Buddha Sikhi Patima?|author=Pensupa Sukkata|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241218222126/https://www.matichonweekly.com/column/article_563337|archive-date=2024-12-18}}] which is recorded in Chinese sources as [[Qiān Zhī Fú]].[{{cite book|author=Hoshino, T|date=2002|chapter=Wen Dan and its neighbors: the central Mekong Valley in the seventh and eighth centuries. |editor1=M. Ngaosrivathana|editor2=K. Breazeale|title=Breaking New Ground in Lao History: Essays on the Seventh to Twentieth Centuries|pp=25–72|place=Chiang Mai|publisher=Silkworm Books|url=https://archive.org/details/breakingnewgroun0000unse/page/25/mode/1up?view=theater}}]{{rp|30}} |
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The Ratanabimbavaṃsa further records that Adītarāja launched an invasion of [[Pra Poat honne Sourittep pennaratui sonanne bopitra#Historiographical debates|Inthapatnakhon]] ({{lang|th|อินทปัตย์นคร}}),[{{rp|51}}][ identified as lying to the east of modern [[Sankhaburi]],][{{cite book|url=https://finearts.go.th/storage/contents/file/NsiBYkTrppTZdZs0nPcUxO89poRuiq6N73eUZ74B.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425162408/https://finearts.go.th/storage/contents/file/NsiBYkTrppTZdZs0nPcUxO89poRuiq6N73eUZ74B.pdf|title=Khamhaikan Chao Krung Kao Khamhaikan Khun Luang Ha Wat Lae Phra Ratcha Pongsawadarn Krung Kao Chabab Luang Luang Prasoet Aksorn|script-title=th:คำให้การชาวกรุงเก่า คำให้การขุนหลวงหาวัด และ พระราชพงศาวดารกรุงเก่าฉบับหลวงประเสริฐอักษรนิติ์|trans-title=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|language=th|access-date=12 December 2024|date=1968|archive-date=25 April 2023|publisher=Rung Rueang Tham|editor=Fine Arts Department|publication-place=Bangkok|orig-date=First published in Thai in 1912.}}]{{rp|4–5}} following the demise of its great ruler.[ As a result of this campaign, Adītarāja is said to have successfully obtained the [[Emerald Buddha]].][{{rp|51}}][ On this basis, his reign may tentatively be placed between the late 8th and the early 9th century. He was thereafter possibly succeeded by [[Bhagadatta (of Chanasa)|Bhagadatta]] in 859.] |
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The Ratanabimbavaṃsa further records that Adītarāja launched an invasion of [[Pra Poat honne Sourittep pennaratui sonanne bopitra#Historiographical debates|Inthapatnakhon]] ({{lang|th|อินทปัตย์นคร}}),[{{rp|51}}][ identified as lying to the east of modern [[Sankhaburi]],][{{cite book|url=https://finearts.go.th/storage/contents/file/NsiBYkTrppTZdZs0nPcUxO89poRuiq6N73eUZ74B.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425162408/https://finearts.go.th/storage/contents/file/NsiBYkTrppTZdZs0nPcUxO89poRuiq6N73eUZ74B.pdf|title=Khamhaikan Chao Krung Kao Khamhaikan Khun Luang Ha Wat Lae Phra Ratcha Pongsawadarn Krung Kao Chabab Luang Luang Prasoet Aksorn|script-title=th:คำให้การชาวกรุงเก่า คำให้การขุนหลวงหาวัด และ พระราชพงศาวดารกรุงเก่าฉบับหลวงประเสริฐอักษรนิติ์|trans-title=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|language=th|access-date=12 December 2024|date=1968|archive-date=25 April 2023|publisher=Rung Rueang Tham|editor=Fine Arts Department|publication-place=Bangkok|orig-date=First published in Thai in 1912.}}]{{rp|4–5}} following the demise of its great ruler.[ As a result of this campaign, Adītarāja is said to have successfully obtained the [[Emerald Buddha]].][{{rp|51}}][ On this basis, his reign may tentatively be placed between the late 8th and the early 9th century. He was thereafter possibly succeeded by [[Bhagadatta (of Chanasa)|Bhagadatta]] in 859.] |