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Fa Ngum
Fa Ngum was the founder of Lan Xang, the first unified Lao kingdom. A prince of the Muang Sua ruling family raised in exile at the Khmer court of Angkor, he led an army up the Mekong with Khmer support and took Muang Sua in 1353. He is credited with spreading Theravada Buddhism, and his nobles deposed him around 1373.
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