The History
Thailand there lived in Central Thailand or the Menam Basin, in or about the 5th to the 7th century A.D., a people probably akin to the Mons of Lower Burma. They are known archaeologically by the name of their kingdom, the so-called Dvaravati. Later in the 11th century the Dvaravati kingdom was under the domination for a time being of the Javanese-Sumatran Empire of Sri Vijaya, later on degenerated in power and held on to a lingering life as a remnant in southern Thailand and which two centuries later became part of modern Thailand. The Dvaravati kingdom in Central Thailand subsequently in the 12th century A.D. became part of the Khmer Empire and later on in the 13th century A.D. passed from the rule of the now decaying Khmer Empire to that of the Thai of Sukhodaya which finally became the nucleus of the present Thai kingdom Such is the history in a nutshell of Thailand before the coming of the Thai as a dominant race We now have to turn back in point of times to the Thai people in their earlier days