Lavo Kingdom

Lavo Kingdom
648–1388
Lavo Kingdom and mainland Southeast Asian polities, 700 CE
Map of mainland Southeast Asian polities c. 1000–1100 CE Cyan: Lavo Kingdom Red: Khmer Empire Green: Hariphunchai Kingdom Light green: Srivijaya Yellow: Champa Blue: Dai Viet Pink: Pagan Kingdom
Capital	Lopburi (before 1080s) Ayodhya (after 1080s)
Common languages	Old Mon Old Malay Old Khmer Old Thai
Religion	Buddhism (Mahayana, Theravada)
Government	Mandala kingdom
Monarch
• 648–700 CE (first)	Kalawandith
• 1052–1069	Chadachota
• 1340–1369	Ramathibodi I
• 1369–1388 (last)	Ramesuan
Historical era	Post-classical era
• Establishment	648
• Chenla influence	7th century
• Fall of Ayodhyapura	9th–10th century
• Tambralinga vassal	927–1001
• Destroyed by Angkor	1001
• Angkor vassal	1006–1052
• Reclaimed by Suphannabhum/ Haripuñjaya	1052
• Ayodhya as capital	1082–1351
• Lavapura of Chaliang	1106–1181
• Lavapura of Angkor	1181–1218
• Lavapura of Preak Sri Racha	1218–1351
• Formation of Ayutthaya	1351
Preceded by Succeeded by Dvaravati Sukhothai Ayutthaya Khmer Empire Hariphunchai Chaliang

The Lavo Kingdom (Thai: อาณาจักรละโว้) was a political entity (mandala) on the left bank of the Chao Phraya River in the Upper Chao Phraya valley from the end of Dvaravati civilization, in the 7th century, until 1388. The original center of Lavo was Lavapura and was shifted to Ayodhya in the 1080s.

Before the 9th century, Lavo, together with other supra-regional settlements, such as Si Thep, Sema [th], Nakhon Pathom, were the center of the mandala-style polity, Dvaravati.^[1] Due to several circumstances, including, climate changes and the invasions of the surrounding polities, several Dvaravati centers lost their prosperity, and the region was then split into two main mandala: Lavo (modern Lopburi) in the east and Suphannaphum (modern Suphanburi) in the west.^[2]: 30