Chen Li Fu

Chên Li Fu Kingdom
12th – early 13th centuries
Lower Menam Valley in the 13th century, shows the key polities under Chen Li Fu (number 1 – 16) as well as its small settlements (brown pogs), as proposed by Walailak Songsiri.[1]: 18
Capital	Mueang Uthong Suvarnapura Suphanburi
Common languages	Old Mon
Religion	Theravada Buddhism
Government	Kingdom
Monarch
• 1180–1204	Fang-hui-chih
• 1204–?	Mahīđharavarman III
Historical era	Post-classical era
• Fall of Kamalanka	1058
• Establishment	12th century
• First tribute sent to China	1200
• Annexed by Phip Phli	1204
• Formation of Ayutthaya	1351
Preceded by Succeeded by Dvaravati Chin Lin Kamalanka Suphannabhum Ayutthaya Phrip Phri

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Chên Li Fu (Chinese: 真里富; lit. 'genuinely wealthy') or Suvarnapura was a political entity located on the north shore of the Gulf of Siam, west of Chenla.^{[2]: 1 [3]} It centered at the ancient Mueang Uthong,^[2]: 20 but some say Suphanburi.^[4] The area encompassed the western Chao Phraya Basin, present-day Phetchaburi province,^[2]: 12 and Prachuap Khiri Khan province of Thailand,^[5]: 19 bordering Po-Ssu-lan to the southeast and Tambralinga to the south.^{[2]: 12 [3]} Chên Li Fu sent tribute to the Chinese court in 1200 and 1205. Later, it evolved to Suphannabhum and was then merged into the Ayutthaya Kingdom in the 14th century.^[2]: 13

Before the Angkorian rising, Chên Li Fu was supposed to be one of the main polities under the Dvaravati civilization, together with the Lavo Kingdom in the eastern basin.^[2]: 20 Following the fall of Dvaravati, it probably became a vassal of or influenced by Angkor around the 12th century, as said by O. W. Wolters;^[2] however, Songsiri argues that Chên Li Fu might have remained in its dependent status during the mentioned period but instead had a close dynastic relation with Mahidharapura Kingdoms in the Phimai region, unlike its eastern neighbor, the Lavo, which became part of Angkor.^{[1]: 7–11} Modern scholars believe Chen Li Fu was Siamese Suphannabhum.^{[1]: 18 [4]}

As mentioned in the Nakhòn Si Thammarat source, Chên Li Fu was incorporated into the Kingdom of Phrip Phri (Phetchaburi) in 1204 by King Mahesvastidrādhirājakṣatriya, who also expanded his territory further northward to Phraek Si Racha (in present-day Chai Nat),^[5]: 21 the northern limit of Chên Li Fu. Mahesvastidrādhirājakṣatriya, also known as Pprappanom Tteleiseri, was the older brother of U Thong I, king of Suphannabhum (r. 1203–1205); their descendants were later known as Uthong or Lavo dynasty that ruled Ayodhya until the traditional formation of the Ayutthaya Kingdom in 1351.