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Candraraja

Candrarāja (Thai: จันทราชา) was a Siamese monarch mentioned in the Ayutthaya Testimonies as ruler first of Vicitraprakāra, identified with Kamphaeng Phet, and then of the Sukhothai Kingdom, to which he moved his seat.

Under his rule Sukhothai ceased paying tribute to Indaprasthanagara and defeated it in the war that followed. He was the father of Si Inthrathit, who took Sukhothai in 1238 and founded the Phra Ruang dynasty; on one reading of the Legend of Sawankhalok the ruler Si Inthrathit deposed there was another of his sons.