Ayutthaya (capital city)

Timeline

1. 1350Island at the bend of the Chao Phraya River · Ayutthaya ProvinceRamathipathi I chose a bend of the Chao Phraya River to build palaces and Buddhist temples, establishing the Ayutthaya dynasty's ruling center, integrating surrounding city-states, and adopting Buddhism as a state religion, laying the foundations of Siamese political tradition.
2. 1411–1420Ayutthaya capital core district · Ayutthaya ProvinceDuring this period Ayutthaya consolidated control over the Suphan Buri and Phitsanulok corridors through border wars with Lanna and the Khmer; the capital's temples and palaces expanded, Chao Phraya River shipping connected trade with the Malay Peninsula, and Ayutthaya became a rising power in the Indochinese Peninsula.
3. 1767Ayutthaya · Ayutthaya ProvinceForces of Burma's Konbaung dynasty besieged and burned Ayutthaya; the royal family and elites moved north, and the capital quickly fell into ruin. Today the ruins of Ayutthaya Historical Park remain, Thailand's most important archaeological remains of a medieval capital.