Amphoe Phayuha Khiri
Khok Mai Den Ancient City
Khok
Mai Den Ancient City is in Tambon Tha Nam Oi. The city is quite
expansive. Traces of the old city wall remain and an artifact
in the form of a sculpture of the elephant Phaya Chatthan was
discovered here. It is over 1,000 years old. The word “Khok
Mai Den” refers to a kind of tree. People in the old days
called Ban Khok Mai Den “Muang Bon.” The city was founded
in the Thawarawadi period around 11th-16th Buddhist centuries
(457-957 AD). The city is similar to Nakhon Pathom and is around
250 meters long and 600 meters wide. It is very much alike the
city wall of Nakhon Pathom, Muang Sema of Nakhon Ratchasima and
Muang Phaya Rae of Chon Buri.
Getting There : The city is 32 kilometers from the city
on the Nakhon Sawan-Bangkok route (Asian Highway), then turn left
into Khok Mai Den for 3 kilometers.
