Chiang Mai photos photo copyrighted by: Alan Ingram Chiang Mai was the capital of the kingdom of Lanna (the kingdom of a million fields),
which enjoyed a golden age throughout the 15th century. During this age the powerful inland kingdom came to control most of what now constitutes northern
Thailand, north-western Laos, the eastern Shan states of Burma and Xishuangbanna in southern Yunnan. The religion of the kingdom -Theravada
Buddhism - gave rise to a cultural wealth whose influence was to be felt beyond the kingdom's boundaries down the centuries.
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