Tha Din Daeng campaign
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The Tha Din Daeng campaign was a short military campaign that took place in 1786 at Tha Din Daeng in present-day Sangkhla Buri District, Kanchanaburi Province in western Thailand. The conflict occurre
Battle in the Tha Din Daeng campaign, illustrated by Hem Vejakorn (c. 1969)
The "Mon Wooden Bridge" in Sangkhla Buri District, Kanchanaburi Province was the site of Samsop, one of the battle sites of Tha Din Daeng campaign.
Cover of Royal Writings of King Rama I, which includes Nirat Tha Dindaeng, a royal poem on the war against Burma (1786).
Bodawpaya
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Bodawpaya was the sixth king of the Konbaung dynasty of Burma. Born Maung Shwe Waing and later Badon Min, he was the fourth son of Alaungpaya, founder of the dynasty and the Third Burmese Empire. He w
Statute of Bodawpaya at Mandalay Palace
Depiction of King Bodawpaya at the Amarapura palace in 1795 (British Embassy of Michael Symes).
Statue of Shwedaung Min, son of Bodawpaya.
The unfinished Mantalagyi Stupa, intended to be the largest stupa in the world