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The cultural heritage has been restored. After over half a century, the United States has returned "the Golden Boy" to Thailand. A 900-year-old statue was smuggled out of Thailand by a notorious art dealer, Douglas Latchford, who's running an antiquities trafficking network in Southeast Asia, and spending decades in the possession of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. "The Golden Boy" has a twin statue, visitors can now admire both of them at the National Museum Bangkok.

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Prasat Hin Phimai (Phimai Historical Park) pre-Angkor Wat architecture in Thailand.

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The Spread of Buddhism from India to Asia

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Mingun Pahtodawgyi, a mysterious and beautiful ruin in Myanmar.

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The ceiling of Thep Sirinthrawat Ratchaworawihan Temple, built around the 1800s, Thailand

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Two Siamese (Thai) female dancers, Lady Kaew and Lady Choy, enacted as lovers, c. 1900.

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The Thai-style painting on the Dhamma cabinet. This is an art line created on a cabinet for Buddhist temples to store Buddhist scriptures from the Ayutthaya era or the 23rd Buddhist Century (17th Century AD). Such high art was often created by a very skilled craftsmen of the era.

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Vat Phou is a pre-Angkor Temple Complex located in the Laos region. It is an original architectural model for the popular temple complex named Angkor Wat located in Cambodia. The final image depicted a stone crafted into a crocodile shape and used for human sacrification.

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Ancient human female skeletons dated more than 2,000 years old from the "Dvaravati Empire, Si Thep city" (located in Thailand) were unearthed along with her personal possessions and a companion dog. "Dvaravati Empire" was the Mother of all civilisation (with influences from India) in mainland southeast Asia that thrived in Central Thailand from the 6th to the 10th centuries (pre-Angkor wat). "Si Thep" was officially added to UNESCO's world heritage list on September 19, 2023, more than one hundred years since it was discovered.

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Introducing the "Dvaravati Empire", the Mother of all civilisation (with influences from India) in mainland southeast Asia that thrived in Central Thailand from the 6th to the 10th centuries (pre-Angkor Wat). At its peak, the town was a thriving cultural and trading metropolis that celebrated Hindu and Buddhist beliefs. "Si Thep" was officially added to UNESCO's world heritage list on September 19, 2023, more than one hundred years since it was discovered.

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Ban Chiang ware

Pedestal bowls 200 BCE-200 CE

Thailand

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A pre-historic stone inscription was created on the occasion of the Si Thep King's accession to the throne. This stone was found in the ancient city called 'Si Thep' of the 'Dvaravati Empire' in central Thailand. The alphabet used is called the 'Pallava' script and was written in the 'Sanskrit' language. The 'Pallava' script was developed in southern India during the Pallava dynasty around 3rd-5th century. The 'Dvaravati Empire' thrived in Central Thailand from the 6th to the 10th centuries (pre-Angkor Wat) and was the most critical empire as it was the Mother of all civilisation in the region. The use of the 'Pallava' script and 'Sanskrit' language to tell stories and record history also proved this region was the strong cradle of South Indian civilisation in the past.