In March 1782 a revolt broke out against King Taksin, who was thought to have become insane. He was replaced by a prominent military commander who, as King Rama I, founded the Chakri Dynasty and, for strategic reasons, moved the seat of government across the Chao Phraya River to a small trading port known as [...]
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Evidence of Pleistocene cultures, dating from 600,000 – 130,000 BC, have been found in various parts of Thailand, from Lampang in the north to Krabi in the south. The earliest implements found were pebble tools, followed by early flake tools (300,000 – 290,000 BC), then by Proto hoabinhian pebble tools (140,000 – 13,000 BC) Rock Paintings Several [...] |
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