In the 1984, an ancient city was discovered underneath a suburb just south of Chiang Mai’s old town by local villagers. Actually, to be more precise, the villagers found some votive tablets in the grounds of Wat Chang Kham. The Fine Arts Department archaeologists then began excavation of the site and surrounding areas and found [...]
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History of Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai was founded over 700 years ago by King Mengrai, previously ruled from Chiang Saen on the banks of the Mekhong River, Fang and Chiang Rai. As his kingdom expanded south, he started looking for a new location for the “new city”.
The original chosen capital of the Lanna (”land of million rice fields”) Kingdom [...]
