Kingdom of a Million Rice Fields

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Tai state historical kingdom pre-modern polity

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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Label	Occurrences
Kingdom of a Million Rice Fields canonical	1

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Tai state ⓘ historical kingdom ⓘ pre-modern polity ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Kingdom of Lan Na NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of a Million Rice Fields of Lan Na NERFINISHED ⓘ Lan Na NERFINISHED ⓘ Lanna Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital	Chiang Mai NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
coreTerritory	Chiang Mai Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
etymology	name means "a million rice fields" in the Lanna and Thai languages ⓘ
foundedBy	King Mangrai NERFINISHED ⓘ
founder	King Mangrai NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentType	monarchy ⓘ
language	Lanna language NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Thai language NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalSystem	customary Tai laws influenced by Theravada Buddhist principles ⓘ
locatedIn	Mainland Southeast Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ region of present-day northern Thailand ⓘ
majorCity	Chiang Rai NERFINISHED ⓘ Lampang NERFINISHED ⓘ Lamphun NERFINISHED ⓘ Nan NERFINISHED ⓘ Phayao NERFINISHED ⓘ Phrae NERFINISHED ⓘ
modernLocation	Chiang Mai Province, Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ Chiang Rai Province, Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ Lampang Province, Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ Lamphun Province, Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ Nan Province, Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ Phayao Province, Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ Phrae Province, Thailand NERFINISHED ⓘ parts of present-day Laos ⓘ parts of present-day Myanmar ⓘ
nativeName	ล้านนา NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ local Tai principalities in northern mainland Southeast Asia ⓘ
religion	Theravada ⓘ surface form: Theravada Buddhism local animist beliefs ⓘ
rulingDynasty	Mangrai dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
startDate	c. 1292 ⓘ late 13th century ⓘ
successor	Kingdom of Siam NERFINISHED ⓘ modern Kingdom of Thailand ⓘ
writingSystem	Lanna script NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Lanna Kingdom → alternativeName → Kingdom of a Million Rice Fields ⓘ