Sukhi in Sukhothai
February 4th 2010 I took a bus west to continue my tour of Thailand's capitals. This city was the first- Sukhothai. The name literally means "Dawn of Happiness". Yet more evidence of Vedic influence- "Sukkhi" means "happy" in Hindi and Bengali (and probably most Sanskrit-based languages).
The main city of modern Sukhothai ain't much to look at, and the settlement built by the old ruins is just a small row of bu
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