personMangrai
พญามังราย · Phaya Mangrai
Drew a square in 1296 and every road since has had to deal with it.
Chainwit. · CC BY-SA 4.0What it is
Founder of Chiang Mai, 1296, and of the Lanna kingdom. He had already built Wiang Kum Kam on the river and watched it flood; the new city went on the rise between the mountain and the Ping, a square with a gate in each side and the water led round it.
Connected to
- The moat What he dug.
- 1296 — the square His era.
- Wiang Kum Kam His first try.
Named here by
- 1296 — the square The king.
- Wiang Kum Kam Who built it.
Where each claim comes from
| Field | Tier | Source | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| default | cited | Mangrai — Wikipedia (en) | |
| text_th | inference | written in Thai by this project, in the northern register where it fits; not machine-translated |
Sources
- Mangrai — Wikipedia (en)
- คูเมืองเชียงใหม่ / กำแพงเมืองเชียงใหม่ — Wikipedia (th)
cited Cited — a named source, linked · harvested Harvested — fetched from an open dataset, with its licence · tradition Tradition — general knowledge of the tradition, hedged · inference Inference — this project's own reasoning from the above · field Field — someone stood there