.Ayutthaya builders modified many older architectual features, such as Khmer prangs, and Sri Lankan bell-shaped chedis.   (95k)		Entrance to Chedi: the entrance chamber to the chedi is a scaled-down version of a Khmer mandapa (entrance chamber to a Khmer sanctuary). (88k)		The ruins at Ayutthaya. Ayutthaya was sacked and destroyed in 1767 when the Burmese invaded. (84k)
Mike and Poom by the main wihan ruins (99k)			The ashes of Borommatraikokanat, Borommaracha III and Ramathibodi II are enshrined and buried in these Chedis. (81k)

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