Nokasad was the king of the southern Laotian Kingdom of Champasak from 1713 to 1737. Champassak, formerly the southern part of

Lan Xang Lan Xang () or Lancang was a Lao people, Lao kingdom that held the area of present-day Laos from 1353 to 1707. For three and a half centuries, Lan Xang was one of the largest kingdoms in Southeast Asia. The kingdom is the basis for Laos's nat ...

, seceded from it in 1713. He was the grandson of the last king of

, King Sourigna Vongsa; and a son-in-law of the Cambodian King Chey Chettha IV. In 1718, the first Lao

muang Mueang ( Ahom: 𑜉𑜢𑜤𑜂𑜫; ''mɯ̄ang'', ), Muang ( ''mɯ́ang'', ), Möng ( Tai Nuea: ᥛᥫᥒᥰ ''möeng''; ''móeng'', ), Meng ( zh, c=猛 or 勐) or Mường (Vietnamese) were pre-modern semi-independent city-states or princip ...

in the Chi valley — and indeed anywhere in the interior of the

Khorat Plateau The Khorat Plateau (; ) is a plateau in the northeastern Thai region of Isan. The plateau forms a natural region, named after the short form of Nakhon Ratchasima, a historical barrier controlling access to and from the area. Geography The avera ...

— was founded at Suwannaphum District in present-day Roi Et Province by an official in the service of this king. His full name was "Somdetch Brhat Chao Jaya Sri Samudra Buddhangkura". Alternate names included "Soi Si Samout Phouthong Koun"; King of Champa Nagapurisiri or "Nakhon Champa Nakhaburisi". He is reckoned posthumously to have been born in 1693 as "Prince ( Chao) Nakasatra Sungaya" or "Nokasat Song".

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Kings of Champasak 18th-century monarchs in Asia 1738 deaths 18th-century Laotian people 17th-century Laotian people {{Laos-royal-stub