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AYUTHIA , a city of Siam, now known to the Siamese as Krung Kao or " the Old Capital ," situated in 100 32' E., 14 21' N. Pop. about 1o,000. The river Me Nam, broken up into a network of creeks, here surrounds a large island
capital of Siam. The bulk of the inhabitants live in the floating houses characteristic of lower Siam, using as thorough-fares the creeks to the edges of which the houses are moored. The ruins of the old city are of great
interest
Great
supply the wants of the agriculturist peasantry. There is no other trade. Ayuthia is the chief
commissioner
retreat ; the government is that of an ordinary provincial division (Monton).Historically Ayuthia is the most interesting spot in Siam. Among the innumerable ruins may be seen those of palaces, pagodas, churches and fortifications, the departed glories of which are recorded in the writings of the early European travellers who first brought Siam within the knowledge of the West, and laid the foundations
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