A very old city which has been a center of the Dvaravati civilizations. Over 2,000 years ago, a Buddhist missionary from India was sent to introduce Buddhism and its philosophy to a land called Suwannaphum, which had Nakhonpathom as its capital. Phrapathom Chedi was the important structure of the kingdom. The prosperous city was abandoned in the 12th century. A new community settled down after the renovation of Phrapathom Chedi was completed in the reign of King Rama V of Bangkok period.