Naresuan, commonly known as Naresuan the Great, or Sanphet II was the 18th monarch of the Ayutthaya Kingdom and the 2nd of the Sukhothai dynasty. He was the king of the Ayutthaya Kingdom from 1590 and
Statue of King Naresuan pouring water on the ground, symbolizing declaration of independence from the Burmese Taungoo Empire, at Naresuan University
Royal statue of King Naresuan in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya
King Naresuan shot his gun across the Sittoung River, killing Surakamma, chief of the Burmese army
Naresaun and Ekathotsarot led Siamese army fight the army of Chiang Mai under Nawrahta Minsaw's command at Ban Sa Ket, near Pa Mok and Bang Kaeo, Ang Thong Province
The Burmese–Siamese War also known as the War of the first fall was a military conflict fought between the Kingdom of Ayutthaya and the Kingdom of Burma. The war began in 1568 when Ayutthaya unsuccess
Maha Thammaracha releasing rafts of fire to destroy the Ayutthaya army during the siege of Phitsanulok in 1568. Painting by Nai Suk, commissioned by King Chulalongkorn in 1887.
King Maha Thammaracha of Phitsanulok, acting as a representative of King Bayinnaung, offered to negotiate a settlement during the siege of Ayutthaya by the Hanthawaddy army in 1568. However, he was met with strong resistance and gunfire from the Ayutthaya army under the command of Phra Maha Thep, who refused to negotiate. Painting by Nai Im, commissioned by King Chulalongkorn in 1887.