Pan Pan (kingdom)

Pan Pan
3rd century CE–7th century CE
Approximate location of Pan Pan.
Approximate location of Pan Pan.
CapitalUnknown
Common languagesUnknown
Religion
Hinduism
GovernmentMonarchy
Raja 
History 
• Established
3rd century CE
• Disestablished
7th century CE
Succeeded by
Srivijaya
Tambralinga
Today part ofMalaysia
Thailand

Pan Pan or Panpan was a small Hindu kingdom believed to have existed around the 3rd to 7th century CE. It is believed to have been located on the east coast of the Malay Peninsula, with opinion varying from somewhere in Kelantan or Terengganu, in modern-day Malaysia[1] to the vicinity of Phunphin district, Surat Thani province, in modern Thailand.[2]

According to the Chinese text Jiu Tang Shu, Pan Pan was bordered in the south with Langkasuka,[1]: 53  and in the north with Tun Sun near the Kra Isthmus.[3]: 259  Jacq-Hergoualc'h speculates that the border may have been south of Nakhon Si Thammarat, possibly near Songkhla.[1]: 53 

After the northern neighbor Tun Sun gained independence from Funan and became Lang-chia or Lang-ya-hsiu in the late 5th century CE, its southern part joined Pan Pan in the 6th century,[3]: 262–263  while the northern territory became Dvaravati.[3]: 268–269 

It is speculated to be related to the Patani Kingdom, which occupied the same area many centuries later, and has some differences in culture and language to other Malay regions nearby.

  1. ^ a b c Dougald J. W. O'Reilly (2007). Early Civilizations of Southeast Asia. Rowman Altamira. ISBN 978-0-7591-0279-8.
  2. ^ Joachim Schliesinger (2016). Origin of Man in Southeast Asia 3 Volume 3: Indianization and the Temples of the Mainland; Part 3 Pre-Modern Thailand, Laos and Burma. Booksmango. ISBN 978-1633237278.
  3. ^ a b c Lawrence Palmer Briggs (1950). "The Khmer Empire and the Malay Peninsula". The Far Eastern Quarterly. 9 (3). Duke University Press: 256–305. doi:10.2307/2049556. Archived from the original on 26 April 2024.

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