Pujiayuemo

Pujiayuemo (Chinese: 蒲伽越摩) is recorded in the Chinese leishu Cefu Yuangui and the New Book of Tang as a Siamese^[a] ruler who governed the polity identified as Gē Luó Shě Fēn (哥罗舍分) during the late 7th century.^[3]: 23 His reign is believed to have been marked by a territorial expansion covering Si Thep, associated with Qiān Zhī Fú, and the western Menam valleys, a region that had earlier been under Dvaravati control. This expansion appears to have constrained Dvaravati political power to the eastern Chao Phraya basin, where authority was concentrated at Lavapura of Lavo.^[b] The designation Gē Luó Shě Fēn is generally regarded as a corrupted transcription of Jiā Luó Shě Fú (迦逻舍佛), which has been interpreted as Canasapura, a polity centered at Si Thep, with Mueang Sema functioning as an important eastern center.^{[2]: 38–9} His Chinese regnal name has not yet been systematically transliterated into local vernaculars.

During this period, Gē Luó Shě Fēn is reported to have maintained a military force of approximately 20,000 elite soldiers. The polity is also described as sustaining close relations with Xiū Luó Fēn, which is reported to have commanded a force of 20,000–30,000 personnel,^[c] and with Gān Bì, whose military strength is said to have comprised only 5,000 troops,^[4] suggesting the existence of wider networks of alliance or tributary interaction in the region.^[2]: 42 In 665, these three brother kingdoms are recorded as having dispatched embassies to the Chinese court during the Tang period.^[4]