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Photisarath

king of Lan Xang
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Also spelled:
Phothisarath, Phothisarat, or Potisarat
Born:
1501
Died:
1547 (aged 46)

Photisarath (born 1501—died 1547) was a ruler (1520–47) of the Lao kingdom of Lan Xang whose territorial expansion embroiled Laos in the warfare that swept mainland Southeast Asia in the latter half of the 16th century. Photisarath was a pious Buddhist who worked to undermine animism and Brahmanic religious practices and promote Buddhism. He resided much of the time not in the capital at Luang Prabang but in Vientiane, which was located farther south and maintained better communications with the major states of the region. Photisarath married a princess from Chiang Mai (now in northern Thailand), and when his father-in-law, ...(100 of 161 words)

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