The History of Thailand begins with the earliest Bronze and Iron Age sites such as Ban Chiang around 1500 BCE. The region of present-day Thailand was inhabited by the main indigenous groups: Mon, Lawa
Buried people with pots during funeral rites of Wat Pho Si Nai.
Khmer period sculpture of Vishnu c. tenth century CE.
A 13 meter long reclining Buddha, Nakhon Ratchasima.
The Sukhothai Kingdom was a post-classical Siamese kingdom in Mainland Southeast Asia surrounding the ancient capital city of Sukhothai in present-day north-central Thailand. It evolved from a trading
History of Thailand
…Singhanavati Kingdom (691 BCE–638 CE) evolved into the Ngoenyang Kingdom (638–1292). Sukhothai was taken in 1238 and became the capital of the Sukhothai Kingdom (1238–1438), which by the 13th century had replaced the Mon kingdoms in Central Thailand; how far the town had stood under Angkorian authority before…
Wat Si Sawai at the Sukhothai Historical Park
Dress and hairstyle of the Sukhothai era, from the Wat Si Chum stone.
A Māravijaya Buddha from Sukhothai, dated to the second half of the 13th century, at the Walters Art Museum.
The Ram Khamhaeng Inscription at the Bangkok National Museum