Thus reigned the King Indraditya, the founder of
the Sukhodaya dynasty with the active help and co-
operation of his son, who became one of the foremost
kings of Siam.
IT—BAN MURAN.
At the death of the King Indraditya, his second
son Ban Muran succeeded him on the throne of Siam,
His heroic brother Phra Ram Khamhseng continued
to help his elder brother, now king of Siam, in the
administration of the kingdom. The king's brother
thus says in his inscription—' My father died. I con-
tinued to be support and stay unto my brother, just
as I had been to my father.55
Ill—RAMA RAJA OR RAM KHAMHEN.
( 1283 A. D.)
After the death of the king Ban Murari, his
younger brother Rama Raja or Ram Khamhen came
to the throne of Siam (before 1283 A. D.). He thus
speaks of himself in his inscription—* My brother died,
so I got the realm to myself,'
Rama Raja was one of the greatest kings of Siam.
It was he who issued the celebrated inscription of
Sukhodaya. The story of the discovery of this in-
scription is thus told by H. R. H« Prince Vajiranan:—
"In the year 1195 he (the Prince) made a progress
through the northern provinces, doing reverence at
various shrines, until at last he reached Sukhothai.
Here as he wandered about, he came upon a certain