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เมืองอู่ทอง | |
 Bronze double denarius of the Gallic Roman emperor Victorinus (269-271 AD) found at U Thong, Thailand. | |
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| Location | Amphoe U Thong, Suphan Buri, Thailand |
|---|---|
| Type | Human settlement |
| Area | 1.02 square kilometres (102 ha) |
| History | |
| Founded | c. 300-600 AD |
| Abandoned | 1st: c. 1000 AD 2nd: 1767 AD |
| Periods | Ancient history |
| Cultures | Dvaravati |
| Associated with | Mon people |
| Site notes | |
| Discovered | 1903 |
| Excavation dates | 1930 |
| Archaeologists | |
| Condition | Partial restoration |
| Ownership | Public |
| Management | Fine Arts Department, no entry fee |
| Public access | Yes |
| Architecture | |
| Architectural styles | |
Mueang Uthong (Thai: เมืองอู่ทอง) is an archaeological site located in the U Thong district, Suphan Buri province . It was inhabited from around the 10th century BC and became the state society in the third to sixth-century CE.[1][2] Uthong was one of the largest known city-states that emerged around the plains of central Thailand in the first millennium but became abandoned around 1000 AD due to the endemic and lost in major trading cities status.[3] It was resettled in the Ayutthaya period but was abandoned again after the fall of Ayutthaya in the 1760s.[4]
Uthong is also considered the first city-state that practiced Brahmanism and Buddhism in present-day central Thailand.[1] O. W. Wolters speculated that Mueang Uthong was the center of Chen Li Fu, an ancient kingdom mentioned in the Chinese text Sung Hui Yao Kao in 1200 and 1205,[5]: 20 while Paul Wheatley posited that the site in question was the city-state of Chin Lin, the kingdom King Fan Man of Funan endeavored to annex during the 4th century.[6]
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