{
  "g": "h,empire,asia",
  "ns": "empires",
  "name": "Ayutthaya Kingdom",
  "now": "thailand",
  "years": "1351–1767",
  "id": "ayutthaya",
  "index": "c/thailand:1351",
  "title": "Flag of the Ayutthaya Kingdom",
  "ratio": "2:3",
  "colors": [
    {
      "color": "red",
      "hex": "#a51931",
      "note": "Plain red field of Siam."
    }
  ],
  "desc": "- The Ayutthaya Kingdom (1351–1767) was the central Siamese state on the Chao Phraya River — ancestor of modern Thailand and one of Southeast Asia's most cosmopolitan courts\n - **Construction:** a plain red field — the standard merchant and naval flag of Ayutthaya, later inherited by the Thonburi and early Rattanakosin kingdoms\n - Ceremonial variants added the **White Elephant** of the Siamese monarchy; the plain red continued as a civil ensign into the 19th century",
  "flag": "empires/ayutthaya.svg",
  "countryData": {
    "name": "Ayutthaya Kingdom",
    "officialName": "Krung Si Ayutthaya",
    "un": "none"
  },
  "trivia": "- Named after **Ayodhya**, the Indian epic city of Rama — Thailand's Ramakien epic is an adaptation of the Ramayana\n - Hosted French, Dutch, English, and Japanese trading concessions; Greek adventurer Constantine Phaulkon served as effective prime minister\n - Sacked by the Burmese (Konbaung) in 1767; King Taksin rebuilt the state at Thonburi, later moving the capital to Bangkok",
  "_name": "Ayutthaya Kingdom",
  "_namespace": "empires",
  "_namePart": "ayutthaya"
}