Kings of Thailand
The first King of all Thailand was King Sri Indraditva, who founded the Sukhothai Kingdom in 1238. The Kingdom of Sukhothai was eventually supplanted by the Kingdom of Ayutthaya, which was founded in 1351 by King Ramathibodhi. Under the Ayutthaya kings the Hindu or Vedic concept of royal rule became much stronger. This continued until Ayutthaya was sacked and burnt to the ground by invading Burmese forces in 1767. After a brief interlude a new kingdom was established by King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) at a new capital downstream from Ayutthaya, which he named Krungthep Mahanakorn, better known to the wider world as Bangkok. The dynasty he founded continues today.