Chin Lin/Kim Lin (金鄰/金邻国) (จินหลิน/กิมหลิน) | |||||||||||
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9 CE–c. 3rd century CE | |||||||||||
Proposed locations of Chin Lin | |||||||||||
Capital | Mueang Uthong? | ||||||||||
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Historical era | 9 CE -3rd centuries CE | ||||||||||
• Established | 9 CE | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | c. 3rd century CE | ||||||||||
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Chin Lin or Kim Lin (Chinese: 金鄰/金邻; Thai: จินหลิน/กิมหลิน; lit. 'golden/wealthy neighbor') was an ancient political entities in modern lower central Thailand exited from the 9 CE to the 3rd century.[1]: 27
In the 3rd century CE, after defeating Tun Sun to control the trans-Kra Isthmus trade route and encircle Chin Lin,[1]: 20, 25 [2]: 258 king Fan Man of Funan attempted to seize Chin Lin,[1]: 20 but failed due to his illness.[3]: 258 [2]: 269
The city "Balangka, an inland town" (บลังกา), mentioned in the Geographike Hyphegesis of Ptolemy in the 2nd century, has been assumed by Thai scholars to have been Mueang Uthong, the center of Chin Lin.[4]: 94
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