Chin Lin

Chin Lin/Kim Lin (金鄰/金邻国) (จินหลิน/กิมหลิน)
9 CE–c. 8th century CE
Proposed locations of ancient kingdoms in Menam and Mekong Valleys in the 7th century based on the details provided in the Chinese leishu, Cefu Yuangui, and others.
Capital	Mueang Uthong?
Religion	Buddhism Brahmanism
Historical era	9 CE – 8th century CE
• Established	9 CE
• Disestablished	c. 8th century CE
Preceded by Succeeded by Mon city-states Dvaravati Kamalanka She Ba Ruo Duō Miè
Today part of	Thailand Myanmar

Chin Lin or Kim Lin (Chinese: 金鄰/金邻; Thai: จินหลิน/กิมหลิน; lit. 'golden/wealthy neighbor') was an ancient political entity in modern lower central Thailand. It appears in Chinese records between 9 CE and the 3rd century, while epigraphic evidence from the same area indicates that a line seated at the same centre persisted into the 7th and 8th centuries.

In the 3rd century CE, after defeating Tun Sun to control the trans-Kra Isthmus trade route and encircle Chin Lin, king Fan Man of Funan attempted to seize Chin Lin, but failed due to his illness.

The city "Balangka, an inland town" (บลังกา), mentioned in the Geographike Hyphegesis of Ptolemy in the 2nd century, has been assumed by Thai scholars to have been Mueang Uthong, the center of Chin Lin. However, some identified Balangka with the ancient Nakhon Pathom.