Srivijaya was a kingdom that developed into a Federation States, encompassing states on the archipelagoes of the present-day Indonesia, Such as, Sumatra and Java. It height of power was between the eighth and thirteenth century CE (800 – 1,300 years ago).

The term Lopburi derives from the town or state’s name “Lavapura” that emerged in Thailand in the seventh century CE. This term refers to a typical style of Hindu and Mahayana Buddhist sculptures and architectures found in the central, east and northeast regions of Thailand during the seventh to thirteenth century CE (800 – 1,400 years ago).

Lanna was an ancient Thai state located in the upper northern region of Thailand. Lanna literally means the land with a million paddy fields. The artworks of Lanna are mainly associated with Theravada Buddhism and flourished in the fourteenth to nineteenth century CE (200-700 years ago).

Sukhothai, located in the north-central Thailand, was one of the most important historic state in mainland Southeast Asia. It was at its height in the fourteenth to sixteenth century CE (500-700 years ago).

The Thai Buddhist art style known as U-thong or “Pre-Ayutthaya“ stood as a forerunner of the evolution of Ayutthaya style before the founding of the capital of Ayutthaya in 1350 CE at the Chao Phraya River basin in central Thailand.

Krung Rattanakosin or Krung Thep Mahanakhon, the capital of Thailand, called Bangkok by foreigners, was founded in 1767. The name of art style created from 1767 to the present day was named after the capital.