• Around B.E. 1718 -1800, the Khmer Empire which had been powerful and sent its governor to most Thai kingdoms.
• PhoKhunBangklanghaoandPhoKhunPhaMueang who were then friends revolted against the Khmer governor of Sukhothai.
• TheywerebothconsideredthefounderofSukhothai.
• PhoKhunPhaMueangofferedPhoKhunBangklanghao to be the first king, named “Pho Khun Sriintrathit”, making Sukhothai the 1st Kingdom of the Thai Nation