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Map of 17th-century Bangkok, from Simon de la Loubère's Du Royaume de Siam The heritage of Bangkok dates at least again towards the early fifteenth century, to when it had been a village over the west financial institution of your Chao Phraya River, underneath the rule of Ayutthaya.[nine] Because of its strategic locale near the mouth in the river