Jayasimhavarman

Jayasimhavarman of Phu Khiao was a ruler known from the Phu Khiao Kao inscription (K.404), a Sanskrit inscription discovered at the ancient site of Phu Khiao Kao in present-day Chaiyaphum Province, northeastern Thailand. The inscription containing the name Jayasimhavarman is K.404, often referred to as the Phu Khiao inscription. It consists of 11 lines of Sanskrit text engraved on a rectangular stone pillar. A second inscription from the same area, K.512, is much shorter and heavily eroded, containing only 4 lines of text.

Because both inscriptions were discovered at the same site, they have sometimes been confused in later references. The pillar bearing K.404 was later removed from the site and is now preserved at the National Museum in Phimai, Nakhon Ratchasima Province. However, the precise identity and political affiliation of Jayasimhavarman remain uncertain due to the fragmentary nature of the inscription.