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History of Thailand
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Early history of Thailand
Sukhothai Kingdom (1238 - 1438)
Ayutthaya Kingdom (1350 - 1767)
* History of Thailand:
1768– 1932
1932– 1973
1973–
* Regional History:
Dvaravati
Srivijaya (3rd century -1400)
Hariphunchai
Lanna
Nakhon Si Thammarat
History of Isan
Sukhothai and Lannathai
Main article: Sukhothai kingdom
Main article: Lannathai
The history of
Thailand begins with
Contents
• 1 Sukhothai and Lannathai
the migration of the
• 2 Ayutthaya
Thais from their
• 3 Thornburi and Bangkok period
ancestoral home in
• 4 Military rule
southern China into
• 5 Democracy
mainland southeast
• 6 See also
asia around the 10th
century AD. Prior to
• 7 References
this Mon, Khmer and Malay kingdoms ruled the region. The Thais
established their own states starting with Sukhothai and then
Ayutthaya kingdom. These states fought each other and were
under constant threat from the Khmers, Burma and Vietnam.
Much later, the European colonial powers threatened in the 19th
and early 20th centuries, but Thailand survived as the only
Southeast Asian state to avoid colonial rule. After the end of the
absolute monarchy in 1932, Thailand endured sixty years of
almost permanent military rule before the establishment of a
democratic system.
Thais date the founding of their nation to the 13th century. According to tradition, Thai chieftains gained
independence from the Khmer Empire at Sukhothai, which was established as a sovereign Kingdom by
Pho Khun Si Indrathit in 1238. The political feature, in Thai, we called 'father governs children' where
everybody could recognise their problems to the king directly; there was a bell in front of the palace for
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