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Monastic Life

The Buddhist church of Thailand has its own organization, which resolves on its own authority any problems which arise within

The term Buddhism is derived from the honorific title given to the founder of the teaching. Buddha means the Awakened

20TH CENTURY His successor King Chulalongkorn (Somdetj Phra Chula Chom Klao, Rama V, 1868-1910) continued his father’s reforms. He is

BANGKOK PERIOD The Burmese left no garrisons behind, and within a few months various small Thai principalities were formed, all

AYUTTHAYA PERIOD In the 14th century the centre of gravity of Thai settlement had shifted farther south from Sukhothai. In

SUKHOTHAI PERIOD The region of Sukhothai was at first a province of the Khmer Kingdom, but the power of the

Ethnographically speaking, the Indochinese peninsula is one of the most interesting regions in the world. For thousands of years until

EARLY HISTORY The Thais entered their present territory from south-western China at a comparatively late date. The earliest reports of

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