U-Thong

Large prehistoric and early historic moated settlement in central Thailand, the site of an ancient city that was for a time the capital of the Mon kingdom of Dvaravati (6th-11 centuries). There was a palace center and a bead-producing industry. U-Thong is also the name of a Buddhist art style of the 12th-15th centuries. It was later annexed by the state of Kambuja.

(1) Ancient city in southwestern Thailand which was probably for some time the capital of the Mon kingdom of DvArav-atI (7th-llth centuries). (2) A school in the art history of Thailand, denoting Mon origin. King Ramadhipati, the founder of the kingdom of Ayutthaya in 1350, is said to have come from U-Thong.