Ny Wang Kingdom | |
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| c. 9th – late 13th century | |
  Ny Wang Location ofNy Wang cursorily speculated byGordon Luce | |
| Common languages | Austric |
| Government | Monarchy |
| Historical era | Post-classical era |
• First mentioned in Chinese record | 9th century |
• Send tribute to China | 1289 |
Ny Wang orNü-wang (Chinese:女王[1]: 193 ) was an ancientpolitical entity mentioned in the Chinese records in the late 9th and 13th centuries, located in either the centralMekong valley ofLaos andThailand[1]: 144 or northern Thailand.[2]: 166–67 It was said to be ruled by the queen[1]: 144 [2]: 166–67 and possibly is of theAustric-speaking people asmatriarchal regimes certainly existed.[1]: 144 In the Chinese recordMan-chu蛮书 written byFán chuò樊绰, the kingdom was attacked by 20,000Man people but won.[1]: 143 [2]: 167 TheMan (蠻) is non-Chinese peoples in southern China throughout history, which consideredbarbarian.[2]: 167 [3] In this case, probably was the troop ofNanzhao.[2]: 167
Ny Wang joinedLavo Kingdom in sending an embassy to theYuan dynasty during the reign ofKublai Khan in 1289.[1]: 144 This make Thai academics hypothesize thatNy Wang was possibly theHaripuñjaya kingdom, whose ruled by theLavo's princess,Jamadevi, in the beginning of the establishment,[4][5]: 132 whereasGordon Luce speculates thatHaripuñjaya was probablyK'un-lun mentions in theMan-chu.[1]: 143–44
Its exact location remains unclear. According to the details given in the Chinese record, Ny Wang is 10-day stages far from the west ofHuan-chou near the present-Hà Tĩnh inVietnam, and over 30 stages from theChên-nan chieh-tu on theMan'sNanzhao border, possibly in present centralYunnan.[1]: 143 [2]: 166 Its border meetsChenla in the south.[1]: 144 Gordon Luce speculates that it is probably located in the middleMekong Valley at the great bend east ofVieng Chan.[1]: 144
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