| บทคัดย่อ(English) |
This dissertation aims at studying the development of states on theThai Peninsula, with special reference to Nakhon Si Thammarat from thesixth to the fourteenth centuries A.D. The results of the study reveal that the development of the states onthe Thai Peninsula, especially Tambralinga or Nakhon Si Thammarat, thegreatest and the most important state on the peninsula had a continualdevelopment through the centuries. The development was supported and aidedby the three main factors of trade; religion; and the use of the localnatural resources. During the sixth to the eleventh centuries these threemain factors came under the control of the sacred structure called"Mandala", the Brahmanical cosmology of Shaivism. At the decline of thecult around the twelfth century the three main factors were still animportant influence because of the support of the Hinayana BuddhismSchools. Their influence continued during the twelfth to the fourteenthcenturies by the Lankavamsa Schools. Under Buddhism schools, the three mainfactors combined under the sacred structure called the "Twelve Nakshatras"or twelve tributaries of Nakhon Si Thammarat. During the centuries,Brahmanism and Buddhism had mixed to form a great influence in thedevelopment of the states. |
