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Thailand: an overview Yuphaphann Hoonchamlong University of Hawaii July 10, 2003 The place The people Brief history Thai worldviews Buddhism Culture and social organization Social values Key events and persons Challenges of modern Thailand The People settlement and cohabitation of diverse ethnic groups in the Chao Phya basin (past, present): Dvaravati (Mon speaking) c.6- c. 12 Khmer c.11-c. 19 Thai c. 13 on Thai: Tai speaking group ethnic, cultural, linguistic group spread from southern China to northeastern India and most of the peninsula. Thai script devised by King Ramkhamhaeng in 1