Kakabhadra
second Kamalanka king
Kakabhadra (Thai: กากะพัตร, RTGS: Kakaphat), called Sakkorn Dam (Thai: สักกรดำ) in the Northern Chronicle, was a ruler of Takkasila, identified with Nakhon Pathom in Kamalanka. He is traditionally credited with instituting the Chula Sakarat era in 638 CE. His reign is placed in a period of recurrent warfare between Chenla and the polities of the Menam basin, and it ended with the accession of his elder son Kalavarnadisharaja, under whom Tou Yuan was reorganised as the Lavo Kingdom.
Dating and identity
The dates rest on a back-calculation. Manit Vallibhotama placed the enthronement of Kalavarnadisharaja in 641 CE, and since the Northern Chronicle credits Kakabhadra with a rule of 72 years over Takkasila, his reign is taken to have begun about 569.
That span overlaps the period associated with Siddhijaya Brahmadeva, and some scholars have argued that the two are the same monarch. Others hold that the accounts differ enough to keep them apart.
Reign
Kakabhadra's reign fell during recurrent conflict between Tou Yuan, to the south-east, and Chenla in the Tonlé Sap basin. By 647 Tou Yuan is recorded as a vassal of Dvaravati, and in the following year it was reorganised as the Lavo Kingdom under Kalavarnadisharaja.
No evidence shows Dvaravati intervening directly in those hostilities, but conflict between Chenla and Dvaravati is recorded epigraphically. The Bhavavarman II inscription (K. 1150), also known as the Wat Kud Tae inscription and dated to the 6th century, is in Sanskrit in Pallava script; it states that during Chenla's north-westward expansion the deputy governor of Jyesthapura — Muang Phai (เมืองไผ่) in the present Aranyaprathet district — fought wars against Sambuka, which has been identified with modern Nakhon Pathom.
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