Opening hours are daily from 9 am until 5 pm, admission is 100 baht. Ayutthaya was friendly towards foreign traders, including the chinese, portuguese, indians, japanese, persians, pathans, and later spaniards, dutch, english, and french. Whereas sukhothai was an independent kingdom for only about 200 years, its successor, ayutthayasituated in the rich rice plains of the chao phraya river basin, about 55 miles 90 km north of presentday bangkoklasted more than 400 years. The voc was the principal western trader in siam in those days and bought tin, deerskins, rayskins, sappanwood, rice and many other products in siam.
The kingdom of ayutthaya was from the 1418 century. The site of immense temples and other structures that are important both historically and architecturally, ayutthaya was added to unescos world heritage. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Map of southeast asia circa 1400 ce, showing khmer empire in red, ayutthaya kingdom in violet, lan xang kingdom in teal, sukhothai kingdom in orange, champa in yellow, kingdom of lanna in purple, dai viet in blue and surrounding states. In the 16th century, it was described by foreign traders as one of the biggest and wealthiest cities. Ayutthaya was the capital of a thai kingdom founded c. Ayutthaya tourism authority of thailand, kuala lumpur. The city was founded in 50 by king u thong, who went there to escape a cholera outbreak in suphan buri and proclaimed it the capital of his kingdom, often referred to as the ayutthaya kingdom or siam. It was ruled by thirtysix kings between 50 and 1767. Ayutthaya became the second siamese capital after sukhothai.
Ayutthaya kingdom project gutenberg selfpublishing. According to the luang prasoet chronicle, ayutthaya was established by king ramathibodi i on friday 04 march 51 in the vicinity of an ancient settlement dating since the dvaravati era 6th to the 11th centuries. In 50, to escape the threat of an epidemic, he moved his court south into the rich floodplain of the chao phraya. Ayutthaya, a small city not far from bangkok, is best known for the multitude of temple ruins scattered around its historical centre. Because of the beauty and often become the location in kinds of the ayutthaya kingdom movie project, the historic city. Ayutthaya was friendly towards foreign traders, including the chinese, vietnamese. Ayutthaya definition of ayutthaya by the free dictionary.
World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most. Ayutthaya everything you need to know about ayutthaya. Ayutthaya, town and former capital of the tai state of ayutthaya siam located in central thailand, about 55 miles 89 km north of bangkok. Muslim communities during the ayutthaya period the siamese referred to the various muslim groups as a whole by the term khaek. The city state expanded its boundaries over the centuries, absorbing the tai kingdom of sukhothai in the 15th century. The ayutthaya kingdom was a siamese kingdom that existed from 51 to 1767. A special of the ayutthaya kingdom is worth to visit.
It is the trade center for a prosperous ricegrowing region. The history of the sukhothai and ayutthaya kingdoms. The ancient city of ayutthaya ayutthaya cycling and. Be cautious as traffic in and around ayutthaya is sometimes chaotic and dangerous. Ayutthaya kingdom appears on thailand portal as the selected article of may 2007. Ayutthaya article about ayutthaya by the free dictionary.
Trade rivalry with malacca and constant wars with neighboring burmese kingdoms and the declining. Victoria valencia and elinor coleman thai history is said to have began in 1238, when the sukhothai kingdom was established. Seemingly, rama was the most popular, as ramathibodhi. Phanan choeng in 26, prior to the foundation of the ayutthaya kingdom. Ayutthaya travel guide, ayutthaya travel information. Sukhothai later attempted to break loose from ayutthaya but with no real success, until in the 15th century, it was finally incorporated into the ayutthaya kingdom as a province. No longer the paternal and accessible rulers that the kings of sukhothai had been, ayutthayas sovereigns were absolute monarchs and assumed the title devaraja godking. Ayutthaya kingdom, a thai kingdom that existed from 50 to 1767. The ayutthaya kingdom in thailand is a historic city that has become the world heritage site of unesco. The kingdom of ayutthaya existed from 50 to 1767, located in the heart of thailand or as it was known at the time, siam.
All you have to do is select the type of places youd like to include restaurants, museums, etc. The kingdom of ayutthaya was founded in 50 by king ramathibodi i and by 1700 it was the worlds largest and most prosperous city with over one million inhabitants. Patrick jory university of queensland for those who see the history of thailand as the history of peasants and bangkok, this book will open their eyes to another siam, richer and more complex than. In the 18th century, it was the most important metropolis of southeast asia. Today, the old town is part of the ayutthaya history park and since 1991 a unesco world heritage site. Ayutthaya was founded in 51a by king u thong, who went there to escape a smallpox outbreak in lop buri and proclaimed it the capital of his kingdom, often referred to as the ayutthaya kingdom or siam. Request pdf the causes of the first and second fall of ayutthaya kingdom a study of fall of ayutthaya kingdom is a very painful for all thais.
Ayutthaya was a leading southeast asian port, an entrep8t and trading kingdom which dealt with merchants of many races and religions. In 78, the ayutthaya king, boromracha i subdued sukhothais frontier city of chakangrao presentday kamphaeng phet, making sukhothai a satellite state of ayutthaya. It was strategically the right place for a capital city of the kingdom as it was surrounded by three rivers. On an island in the river he founded a new capital, which he. The early part of this period saw ayutthaya extend its sovereignty over. From 51 1767, ayutthaya was the first capital of the thai kingdom. Ayutthaya synonyms, ayutthaya pronunciation, ayutthaya translation, english dictionary definition of ayutthaya. Thailand from the establishment of their first community in the late 16th century to the present day. Ayutthayan port towns and ceramics trading in southern. The late late show with james corden recommended for you. Officially known as phra nakhon sri ayutthaya great sacred city of ayutthaya, the founders borrowed the name of an ancient indian city that was home to king rama in the ramayana epic.
History of ayutthaya walking historical park walk track 1. Founded in 50 as the capital of the siamese kingdom, ayutthaya flourished for more than four centuries, growing. It is the turbulent story of both the kings and their kingdom, from its birth to its downfall. Ayutthaya former capital of thai kingdom travel video blog. During the period when ayutthaya was capital, 33 kings and several dynasties ruled the kingdom, until the glittering city was sacked by the burmese in 1, ruined and abandoned. Based in the capital of ayutthaya on the chao phraya river, this decentralized thai kingdom managed to exercise hegemony over the area for many years. Part fact, part fiction, part myth, and part legend, this book brings to life the kingdom of ayutthaya from its roots in the kingdom of sukhothai to its eventual destruction by the burmese in 1767. The thai king of the siam kingdom allowed the dutch to establish their first trading post in the capital ayutthaya in 1608. Muslims in ayutthaya, the former capital of thai kingdom muslim people in ayutthaya had contact with the lands of southeast asia by sea trade routes from africa, arabia, and persia via india more than a thousand. After taking control of the chao phraya river basin, the ayutthaya kingdoms realm spread over much of mainland southeast asia. As a result, ayutthaya became a cosmopolitan city where, missionaries, and several communities of foreign traders mercenaries coexisted with the already ethnically diverse and mixed local populations. This is part of a series of models to celebrate thailand, its architecture, history, and people. The ayutthaya kingdom was a siamese kingdom that existed from 50 to 1767. Two gold commemorative coins, excavated from a pagoda in wat ratchaburana, ayutthaya province, which date back to the reign of king samphraya, or boromruchathirat ii of.
This was the precursor to the current monarchy of thailand, and after four centuries of rule it was finally brought to a violent end during the burmesesiamese war of 176567. Ayutthaya historical documents show the official titles of the kings in great variation. It houses many temples and palaces that store the remains of the great history of the city. Ayutthayan port towns and ceramics trading in southern thailand atthasit sukkham southeast asian ceramics museum, bangkok university, phaholyothin road pathum thani 12120, thailand email. The centers displays inform the visitor about the history of the ayutthaya kingdom, art, culture, buddhism and relations with other countries. A history of ayutthaya by chris baker cambridge core. The kingdom of ayutthaya was the major power in southeast asia in the 14th and 15th centuries. The art of ayutthaya is typically divided into four phases associated with its major political eras. The khmer kingdom of angkor was under threat from both ayutthaya to its west and lan xang to its north.
The historic city of ayutthaya is 70 km north of bangkok. King uthong founded his own kingdom in ayothaya as it was then called. The citystate of ayutthaya was founded in 50 and established its capital in 51 on the chao phraya river in central thailand, calling it ayutthaya. A history of ayutthaya will help restore this former thai kingdom to its rightful place as one of the pivotal countries of early modern asia. The study center is located on rochana road, across the street from the chao sam phraya national museum.
The extensive ruins and the historical records demonstrate that ayutthaya was one of southeast asias most prosperous cities. The sukhothai kingdom, which contributed major architectural structures, was a loosely organized state in which buddhism and the government were intertwined. The kingdom of ayutthaya was considered to be the precursor of modern thailand and its developments become the main part of history of thailand. The kingdom of ayutthaya was founded by u thong, an adventurer allegedly descended from a rich chinese merchant family who married royalty. Ayutthaya was friendly towards foreign traders, including the chinese, indians, persians and spaniards, dutch and french, permitting them to set up villages outside the walls of the capital called ayutthaya. The ayutthaya heritage forms a significant part of the thai culture that we know today. When youre done, you can download your ayutthaya travel guide to your phone or tablet, or print it as a pdf. Use as civil ensign until 1855, naval ensign until 1872. Later, from the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries, lan na came under the control of burma. Here, the four spectacular temples of the early ayutthaya period 50 1529 stand amongst a dense canopy of ancient trees. As the story goes, the daughter of a chinese emperor, soi dok ma, was offered to a thai king for marriage, but.
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