During King Rama III's reign ,Realising that education is very important, the King wanted to see people become lierate. His idea was to use temples as centres of studies so people could get knowledge. Therefore, the King constructed and restored many temples. Stone inscriptions giving knowledge and textbooks and scriptures were placed in the temples. A printing press in Thailand was established, and for the first tine, the Thai alphabet was put into print during this reign. These were regarded as great accomplishments for King Rama Ill.