{"id":3020,"date":"2020-06-02T13:35:47","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T13:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dimaak.com\/blog\/?p=3020"},"modified":"2025-08-28T18:18:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T12:48:51","slug":"historical-sites-in-thailand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dimaak.com\/blog\/historical-sites-in-thailand\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Famous Historical Sites to visit in Thailand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">No kingdom was raised in a day. Every place has its own story to tell. The present living style, culture, lifestyle, architecture, religion, and what not; are all the result of a very slow evolution from the past which is now the Golden History!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Some histories might be frightful, some glorious. It&#8217;s always a mix of the good and the hard times. Through all these times what has stood proof are the monuments. Though they might be in different stages of dilapidation given their respective ages, they still hold all the secrets, tales, and myths of those places.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thailand is no exception. To the outside world, Thailand is mostly known for its entertainment and the beaches. But historically and culture wise to they stand second to none. And the places mentioned below<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stand testimony for the same.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Let\u2019s dive into the past and see what Thailand was like and what it\u2019s been through!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><b>Thailand Historical Sites:<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><b>1.\u00a0 Ban Chiang:<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Dating back to 1495 BC, Ban Chiang is considered to be one of the most significant pre-historic places in Southeast Asia. It records the foremost evidence of farming and metal manufacturing in this region. A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1992, is known for its unique red pottery. The excavation of the site has revealed a living quarter and burial ground for people during the Neolithic period and The Bronze Age.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dimaak.com\/blog\/6-famous-historical-sites-to-visit-in-thailand\/shutterstock_614409191-1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3052\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3052\" src=\"https:\/\/dimaak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/shutterstock_614409191-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dimaak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/shutterstock_614409191-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/dimaak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/shutterstock_614409191-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dimaak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/shutterstock_614409191-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This site was discovered only<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the late 1960s, and that too by accident.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The story goes like this, A young Political Science student from Harvards\u2019 had come to this village to interview a few people for his Honours Thesis. One day, while walking in the village he tripped over a stone and fell on his face on the mud path<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> And that was when he saw the exposed parts of red-painted pots and jars, and observed the unique designs on these pots which he then diligently reported to the then king and the story goes on to what it is today- the discovery of a prehistoric site!!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Through years of excavation pottery, bronze grave gifts, rice fragments, ceramics, skeletons and many more have been unearthed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">There is a museum in this place which is the most suitable place to study a part of the history of Thailand and learn more about the artefacts.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><b>2.\u00a0 Phu Phra Bat:<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">A pre-historic park with extremely unusual rock formations formed due to the erosion of water 15 million years ago, is an extremely notable spot. The past civilization had used these rocks as canvases and had painted some beautiful pre-historic scenes which are dated around 6,000 years back.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dimaak.com\/blog\/6-famous-historical-sites-to-visit-in-thailand\/shutterstock_554760115-1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3053\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3053\" src=\"https:\/\/dimaak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/shutterstock_554760115-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dimaak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/shutterstock_554760115-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/dimaak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/shutterstock_554760115-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dimaak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/shutterstock_554760115-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">These rocks also form a background for a few religious shrines which feature both Hinduism and Buddhism. The most significant temple here is the Wat Phra PhutthaBat Bua Bok which houses a sandstone Buddha Footprint. This shrine is also very famous as every year a festival is conducted in March.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Some paintings which are beneath the natural shelters that have been formed by the rocks have gotten preserved, whereas the others have faded with time. Tham Wua and Tham Khon are two good examples of the paintings that are still preserved and depict Oxens and a few Human Figures as well.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">There is a very interesting Fairy-tale story associated with this place.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An over<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bearing <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">king,\u00a0 forced his daughter into confinement in one of the rock formations, to keep her away from her beloved. Though in confinement, she managed to get a message through to her beloved, post which they got married in opposition to the King\u2019s orders. Hor Nang Usa is the rock formation mentioned in this story, which still stands tall in this Historic Park.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">The current park was established by the Fine Arts Department of Thailand in 1991.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><b>3.\u00a0 Muang Sing:<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Once a border of the Khmer Kingdom of Thailand and its military headquarters, it is now in shambles. However, some of the structures are noticeable. The most famous among them are the two temples and two monuments built in the Bayon style which can be seen in the world-famous Angkor Wat Temples. This is also an excavation site where buddha statues, household articles, and many more articles have been found.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dimaak.com\/blog\/6-famous-historical-sites-to-visit-in-thailand\/shutterstock_72158212-1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3054\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3054\" src=\"https:\/\/dimaak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/shutterstock_72158212-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dimaak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/shutterstock_72158212-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/dimaak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/shutterstock_72158212-1-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dimaak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/shutterstock_72158212-1-768x514.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">History of Muang Sing goes back to a period between 800 and 1000 AD. But apparently the town was abandoned and 700 years later forts were built in this place to protect a town named Kanchanaburi, The most famous monument in this place is a temple called\u00a0 Prasat Muang SIng which has a central tower which represents Mount Meru,\u00a0 considered to be the center of the universe according to Hindu Scriptures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">There is also a museum where one can study the history of this place.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><b>4.\u00a0 Phimai:<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Another Khmer Architecture\u2019s Pre-historic treasure trove. Some of the monuments here are said to be even older than the ones in the famous Angkor Wat. These temples were built to celebrate Buddhism, however, there are hints of Hinduism and Animism here as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dimaak.com\/blog\/6-famous-historical-sites-to-visit-in-thailand\/shutterstock_1035032875-1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3055\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3055\" src=\"https:\/\/dimaak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/shutterstock_1035032875-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dimaak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/shutterstock_1035032875-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/dimaak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/shutterstock_1035032875-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dimaak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/shutterstock_1035032875-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">One of the most important Khmer site &#8211; a Phimai sanctuary, is home to a Pagoda, Naga-bridge and a Gopura. Also one can witness the remains of a gateway, walls, and a tomb &#8211; Men Brahmadat, place where a king is said to be cremated. Usage of limestones, bricks, sandstone, and laterite can be seen in these structures.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Most buildings here are from the 11th century and have a striking resemblance to the structures of Angkor Wat but on a smaller scale. The discovery of this place was first done by a French person in 1900. This later came under the Thai Government in the 1930s.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">This province not only has these dilapidating temple structures and walls; in about 2 km there is a small <a href=\"https:\/\/dimaak.com\/blog\/best-islands-in-thailand\/\">island<\/a> with a Banyan tree that is deemed to be the biggest banyan tree in the world and is about 350 years old.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><b>5. Sukhothai:<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Considered one of the most important parts of Thailand\u2019s history and culture, Sukhothai Historical Park consists of ruins of the past kingdom of Sukhothai formed in the early 1200s.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Sukhothai in Pali literally means \u201c Dawn of Happiness\u201d which is true to the last word as this place was once a glorious kingdom with lakes, trees, and abundant natural beauty along with a multitude of religious structures.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dimaak.com\/blog\/6-famous-historical-sites-to-visit-in-thailand\/shutterstock_638220802-1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3056\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3056\" src=\"https:\/\/dimaak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/shutterstock_638220802-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dimaak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/shutterstock_638220802-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/dimaak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/shutterstock_638220802-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dimaak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/shutterstock_638220802-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Even now there are more than 15 <a href=\"https:\/\/dimaak.com\/blog\/thailand-temples\/\">temples<\/a> preserved in the central region of this vast park and Wat Mahathat is the most important among them all.\u00a0 The Temples not only showcase Buddhism but also Hinduism and Animism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">Designated a UNESCO World Heritage site this place has served as the capital of Siam for over a century. This is said to be the foremost capital city which was established around 800 years ago.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">This park has been divided into two zones Central and Northern. Not only temples and monuments, this park which is spread across lands of about 6,596 sq km also has Ramkhamhaeng National Museum, Ramkhamhaeng National Park, Sri Satchanalai National Park, and The Royal Palace.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><b>6.\u00a0 Ayutthaya:<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">This is the first name that pops up in one\u2019s mind when Thailand\u2019s historical places are being discussed. Once the Largest and the most glorious cities in the world, Ayutthaya was the capital of the Siamese kingdom which was established in the 14th century.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dimaak.com\/blog\/6-famous-historical-sites-to-visit-in-thailand\/shutterstock_1097234774-1-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3057\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3057\" src=\"https:\/\/dimaak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/shutterstock_1097234774-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dimaak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/shutterstock_1097234774-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/dimaak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/shutterstock_1097234774-1-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dimaak.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/shutterstock_1097234774-1-768x502.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though this place now hosts only ruins, due to the Burmese invasion in the 18th century, it\u2019s splendor has not diminished. The hotspot of this place is at the confluence of three rivers namely &#8211; Chao Phraya, Lop Buri and Pa Sak<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sources say that this place is even older than being thought to be. And this was inhabited by the Khmers before and was named after one of the most famous Hindu Cities &#8211; The Ayodhya.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400; color: #000000;\">There are plenty of monuments to visit in this place. However, the most important ones among them are &#8211; the Phet Fortress, Wat Phra Mahathat, where one can see Buddha\u2019s head encased within the roots of a tree.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><b>Final Thoughts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visiting the place just for entertainment is not enough. One should always try and learn about that place\u2019s background,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">culture, and heritage. There are more places than the above-mentioned ones which help us gain more in-depth knowledge about the rise of the civilizations and how these Southeast regions came to be what they are today.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No kingdom was raised in a day. Every place has its own story to tell. The present living style, culture, lifestyle, architecture, religion, and what not; are all the result of a very slow evolution from the past which is now the Golden History! Some histories might be frightful, some glorious. 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