# <i>Ratchaphongsawadan Khamen</i> ("Royal Khmer Chronicle"), aka <i>Phongsawadan Khamen</i> ("Khmer Chronicle") and <i>Phongsawadan Khamen Choso Phan Song Roi Sipchet</i> ("Khmer Chronicle, 1217 LE"), is a Thai translation of a royal chronicle of Cambodia originally written in Khmer. The original Khmer manuscript was presented by King <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ang_Duong" class="extiw" title="w:Ang Duong">Duong</a> of Cambodia to King <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongkut" class="extiw" title="w:Mongkut">Mongkut</a> of Siam in an unknown year. King Mongkut had it translated into Thai by a committee led by a Siamese nobleman titled Khun Sunthonwohan, assistant chief of the Scribal Department. The translation was done in the Year of the Rabbit, 1217 LE (2398 BE, 1855/56 CE). King <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chulalongkorn" class="extiw" title="w:Chulalongkorn">Chulalongkorn</a> of Siam had the Royal Printer publish the translation for the first time as this book. The translation was printed for the second time by Watcharin Borisat Printer in 2445 BE (1902/03 CE) and was printed for the third time by the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Thai_Printing_House" title="Category:Thai Printing House">Thai Printer</a> in 2457 BE (1914/15 CE) as part of the <i>Collection of Historical Archives: Volume 1</i>.
<ol><li>A study by Santi Phakdikham, an associate professor at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srinakharinwirot_University" class="extiw" title="w:Srinakharinwirot University">Srinakharinwirot University</a>, found that the mentioned original Khmer document is <i>Phraratchaphongsawadan Kamphucha Chabap Ok-ya Wongsasanphet (Nong)</i> ("Royal Chronicle of Cambodia: Version by Ok-ya Wongsasanphet (Nong) [who is known in Khmer as 'Ukana Vansa Sarbejn (Nan)']"), aka <i>Raba Kasat</i> (known in Khmer as 'Rapa Ksatr'), a royal chronicle of Cambodia revised in the year 2361 BE (1818 CE) during the reign of King <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ang_Chan_II" class="extiw" title="w:Ang Chan II">Outey Reachea</a> of Cambodia.</li>
<li>Reference: Santi Phakdikham. (2016). "Khwamnam" [Preface]. In <i>Prachum Phongsawadan Chabap Kanchanaphisek Lem Sipsong</i> [Collection of Historical Archives: Golden Jubilee Version, Volume 12] (pp. 131–132). Bangkok: Krom Sinlapakon, Samnak Wannakam Lae Prawattisat [Department of Fine Arts, Office of Literature and History]. <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/974-9528-47-6" title="Special:BookSources/974-9528-47-6">ISBN 974-9528-47-6</a>. (In Thai).</li></ol>
<i>ราชพงษาวดารเขมร</i>. (๒๔๑๒). กรุงเทพฯ: โรงพิมพ์หลวงในพระบรมมหาราชวัง.