Nokasad(full nameSomdetch Brhat Chao Jaya Sri Samudra Buddhangkura;alternate namesSoi Si Samout Phouthong Koun;King of Champa Nagapurisiri or Nakhon Champa Nakhaburisi) (reckoned posthumously to have been born in 1693 as Prince (Chao) Nakasatra Sungaya orNokasatSong) was a grandson of the last king ofLan Xang,KingSourigna Vongsa;and a son-in-law of theCambodian KingChey Chettha IV.[citation needed]He was made king of the southernLaotianKingdom of Champasakfrom 1713 to 1737. In 1718, the firstLaomuangin theChivalley — and indeed anywhere in the interior of theKhorat Plateau— was founded atSuwannaphum Districtin present-dayRoi Et Provinceby an official in the service of this king.[1]In 1725, he turned his executive powers over to his eldest son; he died atKhoratin 1738.[2]
