Buddhism in Thailand - It's Past and Its Present is written by Karuna Kusalasaya. According to archaeological findings and other historical evidence, Buddhism initially arrived in Thailand when the nation was occupied by the Mon-Khmer a racial stock of people who had their capital, Dvrvati, in what is now known as Nakon Pathom, some 50 kilometers west of Bangkok. The great pagoda at Nakon Pathom, Phra Pathom Chedi, and other historical finds in other parts of the country attest to this as well as the fact that Buddhism in its various forms reached Thailand at four different times, namely: I. Theravada or Southern Buddhism, II. Theravada or Northern Buddhism, III. Theravada or Northern Buddhism, IV. Theravada or Southern Buddhism, V. Theravda or Northern Buddhism, VI. Therav Mahyna, or Northern Buddhism, is the second type of Buddhism. Buddhism in Burma (Pagan) Buddhism in Ceylon (Lankavasa).
