king as said in the Pali text. He reigned for 13 cr 28
years, may be for 18 years as suggested by the Pali
Annals.
There is an inscription bearing the date 750 of
the small Siamese Era, equivalent to A. D. 1388. It
is a Thai inscription, first published in Excursions et
reconnaissances (Saigon 1886) of R. P. Schmitt and
afterwards in M. Fournereau's Le Siam Ancient
We learn from the inscription that in 750 of the
Small Era of the Siamese, at the death of the monk
Padumuitara maha ihera^ the monks followed Tan-
hahkara mahu thera. The place of Tanhankara maha
thera was successively taken by I^cssabhtt maha ihtra,
Mantrisamnnanaka mahU thera, Sariputia maha ariya
thera, Brahma-kassapa maha thera. This shows that
the Buddhist church was in a flourishing condition in
Siam. The Buddhist church was presided over by a
celebrated maha thera} whom all other monks followed
without any grudge or murmur.
At the time of the retirement of the king MaBa
Dharmarajadhiraja, the queen mother Sri Dharmaraja-
mata, escorted by Nay-svar-prajja, Padharma-trai-
lokapal-rajamatya-sai, Khun-sugandharasa-rajamantri,
Nay-beni-bimny-raja-sas went to the village Pagoda
under the direction of Sangharaja-nana-ruci maha
thera, Trai-pitaka mala thera, Buddtavacsa thera,
Maha-ariya-sri thera, Panftna-gandhita, Pa-svar-deba,
Pa-rahu, and Pa-Mna-vilasa.
1. Vol. I, pp. 278-281.