Kingdom of a Million Rice Fields

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The Kingdom of a Million Rice Fields, better known as the Lanna Kingdom, was a historic Tai state in what is now northern Thailand, renowned for its distinctive culture, language, and Buddhist artistic traditions centered on the city of Chiang Mai.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Tai state ⓘ
historical kingdom ⓘ
pre-modern polity ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Kingdom of Lan Na ⓘ
linked to: Lanna Kingdom

Kingdom of a Million Rice Fields of Lan Na ⓘ
Lan Na ⓘ
linked to: Lanna Kingdom

Lanna Kingdom ⓘ
capital Chiang Mai ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
coreTerritory Chiang Mai Basin ⓘ
culturalInfluence Lanna mural painting tradition ⓘ
Lanna musical and dance traditions ⓘ
Lanna sculpture and woodcarving ⓘ
Theravada Buddhist art and architecture ⓘ
distinctive Lanna temple architecture ⓘ
culturalRegion Lanna cultural region ⓘ
linked to: Lanna
economyBasedOn craft production ⓘ
trade in forest products ⓘ
wet-rice agriculture ⓘ
endDate 16th century as an independent kingdom ⓘ
18th–19th century as a semi-autonomous polity ⓘ
ethnicGroup Tai Yuan ⓘ
etymology name means "a million rice fields" in the Lanna and Thai languages ⓘ
foundedBy King Mangrai ⓘ
founder King Mangrai ⓘ
governmentType monarchy ⓘ
language Lanna language ⓘ
Northern Thai language ⓘ
legalSystem customary Tai laws influenced by Theravada Buddhist principles ⓘ
locatedIn Mainland Southeast Asia ⓘ
region of present-day northern Thailand ⓘ
majorCity Chiang Rai ⓘ
Lampang ⓘ
Lamphun ⓘ
Nan ⓘ
Phayao ⓘ
Phrae ⓘ
modernLocation Chiang Mai Province, Thailand ⓘ
linked to: Chiang Mai Province

Chiang Rai Province, Thailand ⓘ
linked to: Chiang Rai

Lampang Province, Thailand ⓘ
linked to: Lampang

Lamphun Province, Thailand ⓘ
linked to: Lamphun

Nan Province, Thailand ⓘ
linked to: Nan province

Phayao Province, Thailand ⓘ
Phrae Province, Thailand ⓘ
linked to: Phrae province

parts of present-day Laos ⓘ
parts of present-day Myanmar ⓘ
nativeName ล้านนา ⓘ
notableFor distinctive Lanna Buddhist artistic traditions ⓘ
distinctive Lanna language and literature ⓘ
regional identity within the history of Thailand ⓘ
politicalStatus vassal of the Burmese Toungoo and Konbaung dynasties during parts of its history ⓘ
vassal of the Kingdom of Ayutthaya during parts of its history ⓘ
predecessor Hariphunchai Kingdom ⓘ
local Tai principalities in northern mainland Southeast Asia ⓘ
religion Theravada Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Theravada

local animist beliefs ⓘ
rulingDynasty Mangrai dynasty ⓘ
startDate c. 1292 ⓘ
late 13th century ⓘ
successor Kingdom of Siam ⓘ
modern Kingdom of Thailand ⓘ
writingSystem Lanna script ⓘ
linked to: Tai Tham script

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Lanna Kingdom → alternativeName → Kingdom of a Million Rice Fields ⓘ
Kingdom of a Million Rice Fields → alsoKnownAs → Kingdom of a Million Rice Fields of Lan Na ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of a Million Rice Fields