Fa Ngum Founds the Holy City of Louang Phrabang
causing too much trouble, thereby disrupting trade.
Lan Xang reached a population of around one million people and was the first state to achieve a distinctive Laotian style of organization and government. Fa Ngum was the father of modern-day Laos.
Simms, Peter and Sanda, The Kingdoms of Laos: Six Hundred Years of History (Richmond, Surrey: Curzon Press, 1999).
Stuart-Fox, Martin, The Lao Kingdom of Lan Xang: Rise and Decline (Bangkok: White Lotus Co. Ltd., 1998).
John Walsh, Mahidol University International College, November 2003
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