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Capital of the Ayutthaya Kingdom

Type Object Region Southeast Asia Time 1320–1767

Ayutthaya was the capital of the Siam kingdom from 1350 to 1767, set on an alluvial plain embraced by Chao Phraya River bends, famed for its stupas, …

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  1. 1321–1330Sukhothai · ThailandIn the 1320s the Sukhothai kingdom's power expanded south along the lower Chao Phraya River, where local nobles and trading settlements grew along the waterways, laying the regional political and economic groundwork for King Uthong's founding of the capital at Ayutthaya island a decade later.
  2. 1350–1400Ayutthaya · ThailandIn 1350 King Uthong founded the capital on an island in a bend of the Chao Phraya River, naming it Ayutthaya, and built the royal palace, stupas, and canal defense system, replacing Sukhothai as Siam's new political center.
  3. 1500–1700Ayutthaya · ThailandAyutthaya became a major Southeast Asian trading port, where Chinese, Japanese, Persian, and European merchants settled; court Buddhist architecture coexisted with international trading quarters, and the city's population and wealth reached a historic peak.
  4. 1767Ayutthaya · ThailandIn 1767 Burmese Konbaung dynasty forces captured Ayutthaya, burning the palaces and temples and ending the capital's function; the surviving stupas and Buddha images form the core landscape of today's Ayutthaya Historical Park.

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