SRI RAMADEBA NAGARA

Abstract

This article is based on the fragmentary inscriptional evidence of the Sukhothai and Ayudhaya periods. What is “Sri rammdeba Magara”? This name has been found in two Sukhothai inscription : Sri Chum and Wat Khao Kop. “Sri Ramadeba Nagara” is not found in the inscription in the Ayudhaya period ; However in the “Wat Song Khop” inscription, the name “Nagara Bhra Rama” has been observed. It was concluded in this study that the two names “Sri Ramadeba Nagara” and “Nagara Bhra Rama” referred to the same city. The name “Nagara Bra Rama” was the title conferred by the King on the governor of Lopburi province in the Ayudhaya period. Thus, “Sri Ramadeba Nagara” and “Nagara Bhra Rama” are, in fact, old names of Lopburi province.