[5]: 143–44 According to the Camadevivamsa, Jinakalamali and Singhanavati chronicles, the city was founded between 629–57 AD[6] by four hermits named Suthep, Sukatanata, Tapanana, and Chantasikatungka.

[6] Hermit Sukatanata requested the Mon ruler of the Lavo Kingdom (present-day Lopburi) to send his daughter, Jamadevi, to become the first queen of the city.

In 957, due to such invasions, a Haripuñjaya noble named Aphai Kamini (อภัยคามินี) went south and refounded Sukhothai, which previously was abandoned around the 6th century.

[11]: 13–14 The early 13th century was a golden time for Haripuñjaya, as the chronicles talk only about religious activities or constructing buildings, not about wars.

Nevertheless, Haripuñjaya was besieged in 1292 by the Tai Yuan king Mangrai, who incorporated it into his Lan Na ("One Million Rice Fields") kingdom.