See soorce fer Lopburi

[[Image:Lopburi Prang Sam Yot.jpg|thumb|Prang Sam Yot, the Khmer temple in Lopburi]]
[[Image:Macaca fascicularis on a fence.JPG|thumb|A crab-eatin macaque in Lopburi.]]
[[Image:WaterBuffaloLopburiThailand2300BCE.jpg|thumb|[[domestic buffalo|Water buffalo]], Lopburi, Thailand, 2300 BCE.]]
[[Image:CeramicLopburiThailand2300BCE.jpg|thumb|Ceramic, Lopburi, Thailand, 2300 BCE.]]
'''Lopburi''' ({{lang-th|ลพบุรี}}([http://www.forvo.com/word/lopburi Pronunciation])) is the caipital ceety o [[Lopburi Province]] in [[Thailand]]. It is locatit aboot 150&nbsp;km north-east o [[Bangkok]]. As o 2006 it haes a population o 26,500. The toun (''[[thesaban mueang]]'') covers the whole ''[[tambon]]'' Tha Hin an pairts o Thale Chup Son o [[Amphoe Mueang Lopburi|Mueang Lopburi district]], a total aurie o 6.85&nbsp;km².

The ceety haes a lang history, datin back tae the [[Dvaravati]] period mair nor 1000 year ago. Accordin tae the ''Northern Chronicles,'' it wis foondit bi Keeng Kalavarnadish, who came frae [[Taxila]] (Takkasila) in Northwast Indie (nou Pakistan) in 648 AD.<ref>Adhir Chakravarti, “International Trade and Towns of Ancient Siam”, ''Our Heritage: Bulletin of the Department of Post-graduate Training and Research, Sanskrit College, Calcutta,''  vol.XXIX, part I, January-June 1981, pp1-23, nb p.15.</ref> It wis oreeginally kent as [[Lavo]] or Lavapura, meanin "ceety o [[Lava (Ramayana)|Lava]]" in reference tae the ancient Sooth Asian ceety o [[Lavapuri]] (present-day [[Lahore]]).<ref>Phanindra Nath Bose, ''The Indian colony of Siam,'' Lahore, The Punjab Sanskrit Book Depot, 1927, p.v.</ref> Lopburi wis unner the risin Angkor regime an became ane o the maist important centers in the [[Chao Phraya]] Basin frae then on.

Lop Buri (Lavo) is described in Book III of Marco Polo’s ''Travels'', whaur it is cawed ''Locach''. This came from the Cheenese (Cantonese) pronunciation o Lavo, “Lo-huk” (羅斛).<ref>Paul Pelliot, ''Notes on Marco Polo,'' Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1963, Vol.II, pp.768-9, note 2.</ref> The city is referred to as “Lo-ho” (羅斛) in chapter 20 of the [[History of Yuan]] (元史 : ''Yuán Shǐ''), the official history of the Mongol, or [[Yuan Dynasty]] of China. Due to a scribal error in [[The Travels of Marco Polo|Book III of Marco Polo’s travels]] treating of the route southward from [[Champa]], where the name Java was substituted for Champa as the point of departure, Java Minor was located 1,300 mile to the south of Java Major, instead of from Champa, on or near an extension of the [[Terra Australis]].<ref>(Paul Pelliot, ''Notes on Marco Polo,'' Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1963, Vol.II, p.769;  James R. McClymont, “The Theory of an Antipodal Southern Continent during the Sixteenth Century”, ''Report of the Fourth Meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science,'' Hobart, January 1892, Hobart, the Association, 1893, pp.442-462.)</ref> As explained by Sir Henry Yule, the editor of an English edition of Marco Polo’s ''Travels'': “Some geographers of the 16th century, following the old editions which carried the travellers south-east of Java to the land of ''Boeach'' (or Locac), introduced in their maps a continent in that situation”.<ref>(Sir Henry Yule (ed.), ''The Book of Ser Marco Polo,'' London, Murray, 1921, Vol.II, pp.276-280)</ref>

Efter the foondation o Ayutthaya Kinrick in the fifteent century, Lopburi wis a stranghauld o Ayutthaya's rulers. It later became a new ryal caipital durin the reign o Keeng [[Narai]] the Great o the [[Ayutthaya Kinrick]] in the middle o the 17t century, The keeng stayed here for aboot aicht months a year.

Today the ceety is maist famous for the hunders o [[Crab-Eatin Macaque]]s (''Macaca fascicularis'') that live in the middle o the ceety, especially aroond the [[Khmer Empire|Khmer]] temple, Prang Sam Yot, an a Khmer shrine, Sarn Phra Karn. They are fed bi the local fowk, especially durin the Monkey Festival in November. Acause they are no afraid o humans, they steal whaiver fuid they can fynd frae unwary diners.

Prang Sam Yot, oreeginally a [[Hindu]] shrine, haes three ''[[prang (architecture)|prang]]s'' that represent [[Brahma]], [[Vishnu]], an [[Shiva]] (the Hindu trinity).  It wis later convertit tae a [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] shrine.

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Paul Pelliot, ''Notes on Marco Polo,'' Paris, Imprimerie Nationale, 1963, Vol.II, pp.&nbsp;768–9, note 2.

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