Ny Wang

Ny Wang Kingdom 女王國 (Chinese) Nǚ-wáng Guó
c. 9th – late 13th century
Ny Wang class=notpageimage| Location of Ny Wang cursorily speculated by Gordon Luce
Common languages	Austric
Government	Monarchy
Historical era	Post-classical era
• First mentioned in Chinese record	9th century
• Send tribute to China	1289

Ny Wang or Nü-wang (Chinese: 女王^[1]: 193) was an ancient political entity mentions in the Chinese records in the late 9th and 13th centuries, located in either the central Mekong valley of Laos and Thailand^[1]: 144 or northern Thailand.^{[2]: 166–67} It was said to be ruled by the queen^{[1]: 144 [2]: 166–67} and possibly is of the Austric-speaking people as matriarchal regimes certainly existed.^[1]: 144 In the Chinese record Man-chu 蛮书 written by Fán chuò 樊绰, the kingdom was attacked by 20,000 Man people but won.^{[1]: 143 [2]: 167} The Man (蠻) is non-Chinese peoples in southern China throughout history, which considered barbarian.^{[2]: 167 [3]} In this case, probably was the troop of Nanzhao.^[2]: 167

Ny Wang joined Lavo Kingdom in sending an embassy to the Yuan dynasty during the reign of Kublai Khan in 1289.^[1]: 144 This make Thai academics hypothesize that Ny Wang was possibly the Haripuñjaya kingdom, whose ruled by the Lavo's princess, Jamadevi, in the beginning of the establishment,^{[4][5]: 132} whereas Gordon Luce speculates that Haripuñjaya was probably K'un-lun mentions in the Man-chu.^{[1]: 143–44}

Its exact location remains unclear. According to the details given in the Chinese record, Ny Wang is 10-day stages far from the west of Huan-chou near the present-Hà Tĩnh in Vietnam, and over 30 stages from the Chên-nan chieh-tu on the Man's Nanzhao border, possibly in present central Yunnan.^{[1]: 143 [2]: 166} Its border meets Chenla in the south.^[1]: 144 Gordon Luce speculates that it is probably located in the middle Mekong Valley at the great bend east of Vieng Chan.^[1]: 144