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Fa Ngoum or Fa Ngum was born in Muang Sua, a Lao principality located on the site of present-day Luang Prabang, and founded the Lan Xang Hôm Khao (better known as Lan Xang) kingdom in Laos in 1353. Fa Ngum was a grandson of Souvanna Khamphong, titled Phagna Khampong, ruler of Muang Sua and grandfather of Fa Ngum, banished Fa Ngum and his ...
Fa Ngum was the founder and first king of the Lao kingdom of Lan Xang who created the first unified state of the Lao people. Fa Ngum was the grandson of Souvanna Khamphong, the last in a long line of local rulers of the principality of Muang Swa, later called Luang Prabang, on the upper Mekong.
Lao People's Democratic Republic: ... Fa Ngum again led Lan Xang to war in the 1360s against Sukhothai, in which Lan Xang was victorious in defense of their territory but gave the competing court factions and the war weary population a justification to depose Fa Ngum in favor of his son Oun Huean.
The Phra Bang (Lao: ພະບາງ, pronounced [pʰāʔ.bàːŋ], "Royal Buddha Image in the Dispelling Fear mudra") is a statue of Buddha in the city of Luang Prabang, Laos; it is the namesake of that city.
Fa Ngum brought with him a sacred Buddha image, the Phra Bang, which became a symbol of the legitimacy of the Lao monarchy and gave the kingdom its name, Lan Xang. Under King Fa Ngum, Lan Xang expanded its territories significantly, incorporating parts of modern-day Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. This expansion was often achieved through ...
29 paź 2022 · According to the 16th century Laotian Chronicles, Lan Xang was founded by Fa Ngum, a 14th century prince of Muang Sewa who was exiled to Angkor (Cambodia) in his youth.
Fa Ngum is considered by Laotians as being the founder of Laos and the first person to recognise the word of Buddha for the whole country, (the equivalent of our William the Conqueror) as well as the person who gave the country its historical borders, which are recognised, even today, by most Laotians.
