Thailand

**Thailand**, nai to **Kingdom of Thailand** Southeast Asia me ek des hae. Iske parrosi des Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, aur Myanmar hae. Iske naam 24 June 1939 talak **Siam** rahaa. Iske fir se Siam 1945 se lae ke May 11 1949 bola jawat rahaa, jab ke iske naam badal ke Thailand kar dewa gais. *Thai* (ไทย) sabd uu jaat ke naam se aawe hai jon ki ii des ke biich me rahe hae.Thailand ke capital city Bangkok hae. Thailand, Southeast Asia ke ekke des hai jispe koi Western power raaj nai karis hae.

Thailand ek constitutional monarchy hae. Iske raja des ke head of state hae. Anhi ke raja Bhumibol Adulyadejhai.

Thailand ke 95% log Buddhism dharam ke maane hai lekin des ke south me kuchh log Islam ke maane hae. Des ke south me kuchh Muslim log sarkar se larre hai jisse ki uu logan ke ajaadi mil jaae sake. Des ke aur dharam hai Christianity, Hinduism, aur Sikhism.

## Itihaas
### Praana itihaas
Thailand me insaan ke rahe ke sabuut 20,000 saal pahile se hae. Dhaan ke kheti ke sabuut 2,000 BCE se hae. Abhi ke Thailand ke jagha ke log Maritime Jade Road me rahin jisme 2000 BCe se 1000 CE talak trade karaa jaawat rahaa.  Thailand me bronze 1000 BCE se kaam me laawa jaae hae. Bon Chiang, jon northeast Thailand me hae, me Southeast Asia ke sab sepuraana copper aur bronze produce kare waala jagha hae. Loha ke Thailand me 500 BCE se kaam me laawa jaae hae.

Funan ke Kingdom, 200BCE me Southeast Asia ke sab se taagatwar rajya rahaa. 6th century me Mon log, Dvaravati aur Hariphunchai ke kingdom suruu kare rahin. 9th century me Khmer log ek Empire ke suruu kare rahin jiske rajdhani Angkor me rahaa. 19th century me ek Malay stte, jiske naam Tambrainga rahaa, Malacca Strait se trade ke control karat rahaa. Indochina ke peninsula me, Funan se Khmer kingdom talak, India ke influence rahaa.

Thai log, Tai ethnic group ke hae, jiske ii log ke common bhasa ke root se samjha jaae hae. China ke itihaas me Tai log ke 6th century BCE me likha gais hae 

Thai log abhi ke Thailand me 6th se 11th century me aae ke suruu karin, jahan pe pahile Mon aur Khmer log rahat rahin. Iske matlab ii hae ki Thai log ke  sanskriti Hindustani, Mon aur Khmer sanskriti se influence bhais hae. Tai log dher jaat ke log se mil ke aaj ke Thailand ke dher ethnic group ke banain hae, lekin bahut log ii biswas kare hae ki Thai ek jaat nai hae, lekin ek sankritic group hae.   

Thai log ke Champa ke rajya me gulaam nai to jaheli ke ruup me mention karaa jaae hae, aur Angkor Wat ke itihaas me kuch siphaai ke group ke "Shyam" ke naam dewa gais hae, lekin Champ ke itihaas me ii log ke jaati ke baare me koi chij nai hae. Kuchh log ii bhi biswas kare hae ki "Shyam" Shan log, Bru log, nai to Brau log hae. Southeast Asia ke log "Shyam" naam Khmer, Cham Bagan aur Mon log ke bola jaae hae, lekin China ke log ii log ke Xian bole hae.

### Puraana Tai confederate cities: (691 BCE - 13th century CE

## References
### Footnotes

### Bahaari jorr
* The United States CIA website 
* Thaigov.go.th Royal Government of Thailand 
* Tourism Authority of Thailand Official tourism website
* Thai National Assembly Official Thai Parliament website
* Mfa.go.th Thailand Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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* Birdwatching in Thailand
* Learn Thai Culture.com
* CIA - The World Factbook - Thailand 
* Thailand Country Fact Sheet from the Common Language Project
* Longdo Map Thailand On-line Thailand map
* Holidays Thailand  Holidays In Thailand