The Inner Communities around Muang Phitsanulok from the Ancient Map in the Pichaisongkhram Textbook of the Ayutthaya Period

Abstract

This article aims to study the present location of the inner ancient communities of Muang Phitsanulok as shown on the ancient map in the Pichaisongkhram textbook of the Ayutthaya period. From the study, it was found that the ancient map in the Pichaisongkhram textbook of the Ayutthaya period indicated the names, directions, and distances of 26 inner communities around Muang Phitsanulok. In this study, it was possible to study surveys and search the locations of such ancient communities from the present information of 17 places. These communities were built or restored since the midperiod of Ayutthaya but were abandoned after Ayutthaya has fallen. Some communities had ancient site appearances, such as Ban Tapakeaohay ancient kiln site, Samorkreang mountain ancient site, west Tharong temple, and Paikhom Rutthanaram temple and can develop into learning site and historical tourism site that raise communities’ income, including build on studies of history, archeology and art history in the future.