The Journal of the Siam Society Vol. XXIX, Part 1-2, 1936 - Khamkoo

] 66 ltE\TF:WS OF BOOT\K [VOL. XXIX
The last chapter of Luang Roriha1'H 1Jook iH dr~,·• .1.!•(1 in wlw,t, he
calls the I .. oph bnri period.
In conformity with the ,-iewR held hy Prim~e Thunrong, t.he author
diYides Sir1m into three distt-icts or A nakhet, all of ,d tieh he peopleR
with Lawa, namely, (1) lhitmvati with ~akhon Pathom ax capital;
(2) North Siam called Yang or Yonok; ttncl (;3) North-Eastern Siam
called Kotndmr or Panom with N:1khon Ph,mom as eapital. 'rhese
three Sta,tes exi::;tecl p1·ior to the KhtJm or Khmer, he say:-:.
From what is known n,t, prercwnt a,hout. the ancient popnlt1tion of
Siam, i.e., at the time when D\·anwati is :-:uppm;ecl to hnn~ flourished,
the writer can only agreP in part '"ith these ideas. First of all
at what time were there no Kluner in N. E. Si