Aytthaya - Capital City Of Thailand

Ayutthaya is an ancient capital city of Thailand and it was founded by King Ramathibodi I in 1350. It stayed as the capital of Thailand for nearly 417 years. Ayutthaya was ruled by 33 kings of five dynasties. The city was named for Ayutthaya after the home of Rama from the Indian epic Ramayana, and it means the undefeatable.

During the first 180 years, Ayutthaya was a very peaceful city and did not get into wars with the neighboring countries. The main activity of the city was trading. However, after the death of King Ramathibodi I, for the first time, the city got involved in a war with Myanmar in 1529. Thereafter, the city ended up fighting many wars. Ayutthaya was first defeated by the Burmese in 1569. After fifteen years, the city was regained by the King Naresuan. The city continued to flourish for the next 118 years and after which it was invaded and destroyed by the Burmese army in 1767. The capital was later moved to Thonburi by King Tuskin who defeated the Burmese. After his reign, the capital was shifted to Bangkok by King Rama I.

The destroyed city was left untouched in the jungle for over a hundred years. Ayutthaya was 85 kilometers from north of Bangkok, where one can still find the ruins of this ancient city. The ruins indicate that Ayutthaya was one of the precious cities of Thailand. The city covered an area of 2,556 square kilometers.

In modern times, tourists can conveniently access it by road, river, and railways, and it is one of the famous sightseeing spots of Thailand.

Visit Bangkok - The capital of Thailand

Krung Thep is the Thai name for Bangkok. The Thais never call their beloved capital Bangkok. In fact it is so that people in remote areas of Thailand may not have all heard in some, Bangkok. Krung Thep, the capital of Thailand, Thailand, on the east bank of the Chao Phraya River, of which forty kilometers from golf. The city's population is about 10.068 million.

Ayutthaya was the ancient capital of Thailand. After a period of417 years the capital was moved to Bangkok, or Krung Thep by King Rama I in 1782. The old capital was the main objective of the invading countries and fought several wars trying to defend their borders. King Rama I decided that the capital to move to a safer place and decided that nothing safer and more secure than Krung Thep. So the capital was moved to the city Krung Thep. The king thought that this place would be difficult to penetrate as the enemy armies woulda river that crosses into the city and this would be difficult for them to do.

Krung Thep is the short form of the real name of Bangkok. The actual length of the city's name is so long that it is registered in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's longest place name. The full name is;

Krung Thep Maha Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Mahadilok PhoP Noppharat Ratchathani Ayuthaya Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Witsanukam SakkathattiyaPrasit.

The meaning of the name is translated roughly as:

The city of angels, the great city, the residence of the Emerald Buddha, the impregnable city (of Ayutthaya) of God Indra, the great capital of the world, with nine precious gems, the happy city facilities, rich in an enormous Royal Palace that resembles the heavenly abode where reigns the reincarnated god, a city given by Indra and built by Vishnukarn.