|
 Legend handed down for more than 1,400 years refer to this ancient
town
as
Hariphunchai.
Its
first
ruler
was
Queen
Chamthewi
who
was
of
Mon
extraction.
In
late
12th
century,
King
Mengrai
overran
the
town
and
subsequently
integrated
it
into
the
Lanna
Kingdom. |
