For the archaeological minded kanjanaburi is most interesting, as the incidents which occurred in world war it have recently and quite by chance led to the discovery of Neolithic burial sites in the region, it was from here that the Japanese put the allied prisoners of war to work to construct 415 kms . Of rail leading to the three pagodas pass at the burrnese border . It is estimated that 100,000 oppressed labourers as well as 16,000 allied prisoners of war lost their lives due to beatings, starvation,overwork and malaria when constructing the railroad. In kanchanaburi,endless