It was one of the world’s greatest cities before Bangkok became the capital in 1782. Ayutthaya was founded in 1351, and it became the most
The first time I arrived in Bangkok, it seemed to have its own logic—or illogic. Gleaming skyscrapers were unevenly spread among low-rise apartments, single-family homes,
Her cultural heritage gives her a huge space for dreaming. Satischandra Chatterjee and Dhirendramohan Datta, in An Introduction to Indian Philosophy, said that the sense
Sukhothai’s graceful architecture spreads from its central ritual center and ripples through the surrounding area. All species and Thailand’s gentle art forms blend into
Where did Angkor Wat come from? Most of its visitors don’t know how deep its roots are. The first big state in Cambodia was
Things often seem to happen on a cosmic scale in India. While living in the school outside Chennai in 1996 (it was called Madras then),