Ayutthaya is named after the city of Ayodhya in India, the birthplace of Rama in the Ramayana
Phra is a Thai royal and noble title, Nakhon designates an important or capital city;
Ayutthaya (full name Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, city is the capital of Ayutthaya province in Thailand. The city was founded in 1350 by King u Thong, who went there to escape a smallpox outbreak in Lop Buri and proclaimed it the capital of his kingdom, often referred to as the Ayutthaya kingdom or Siam. It is estimated that Ayutthaya by the year 1600 CE had a population of about 300,000, with the population perhaps reaching 1,000,000 around 1700 CE, making it one of the world's largest cities at that time.
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