Wat Phra Si Sanphet: Then and Now
Royal temple of the Ayutthaya kingdom whose three great stupas held the ashes of its kings. Burmese troops destroyed it in 1767.
The ruins today
Key facts
| Country today | Thailand |
| Status | Ruins |
| Date | 1448 |
| Nearest city on the map | Ayutthaya (about 1 km) |
| Location | 14.356° N, 100.558° E |
Wat Phra Si SanphetOpen Wat Phra Si Sanphet in the interactive map
Who ruled this place
Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.
| Period | State |
|---|---|
| 500 BC–401 BC | Unclaimed / no data |
| 400 BC–324 BC | Austro-Asiatic rice cultures |
| 323 BC–201 BC | Unclaimed / no data |
| 200 BC–101 BC | Mon-Khmer |
| 100 BC–499 | Unclaimed / no data |
| 500–599 | Lavo |
| 600–899 | Dvaravati |
| 900–999 | Khmer Empire |
| 1000–1099 | Dvaravati |
| 1100–1299 | Khmer Empire |
| 1300–1399 | Sukhothai |
| 1400–1782 | Ayutthaya |
| 1783–1937 | Rattanakosin Kingdom |
| 1938–1944 | Siam |
| 1945–today | Thailand |
Other landmarks nearby
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Further reading
Last updated 9 November 2026. Sources: border data from historical-basemaps, land and rivers from Natural Earth; texts written for Chronica Maps from standard reference works. How we make the maps.