Ayutthaya

Timeline

1. 1351–1370Confluence of the Chao Phraya and Pasak rivers · ThailandRamathipathi I (Uthong) built a city on the lower Chao Phraya River, integrating surrounding city-states and establishing a new capital based on Buddhist kingship and river-port trade.
2. c. 1370–1400Chao Phraya River basin and Indochinese Peninsula · ThailandAyutthaya gradually absorbed the legacy of Sukhothai and contested control of the lower Chao Phraya with the remnants of Khmer Angkor; the city's temple complexes and administrative system expanded.
3. 1401–1410Ayutthaya royal palace and inner city · Ayutthaya ProvinceRama Racha reigned from 1401 to 1409, and Indra Racha I from 1409; Ayutthaya maintained its rule over the Chao Phraya plain and kept tributary and trade relations with the Ming dynasty and Southeast Asian ports.
4. c. 1600–1767Ayutthaya and the Chao Phraya River port · ThailandIn the 17th–18th centuries Ayutthaya became an important Southeast Asian trading hub, receiving merchants and envoys from the Dutch, Portuguese, French, Japanese and others, until it was captured and burned by Burmese forces in 1767.