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The city was one of the oldest communities in
the history of the southern part of Thailand. It is believed that it
was the location of the ancient kingdom of Lanka Suka which had its
boundary covering the area of Songkhla, Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat of
Thailand, Kalantan and Tarang Kanu of Malaysia according to the
documents of China, Java, Malayia, and Arab. It was a port with long
wide trading history with the foreigners since B.E.12. The structure of
the ancient town was the large oval shape in the area of 9 square
kilometres. There are three connecting towns as the followings:
Ban Wat Ancient With
a square in the centre of town, and is surrounded by moats, the town
has more than 25 scattered and ruined ancient hills in the western and
northern area.
Ban Cha-le Ancient
Town With a pond in the centre of town and is surrounded by
square-shape moats, this town is only one kilometre north of Ban Wat
Ancient Town. The most important ancient monument is the ruined
religious venue made of bricks, with large square base. Due to the
discovery of several ancient materials in the area, there is proof that
this venue must have been the Buddhist community.
Ban Prawae Ancient
Town It is a small rectangular town with 4 forts in the corners. Also,
there were canals connecting with Ban Ja-le in the north.
Moreover, there are at least 30 areas of ruined ancient hills.
Visitors can use Sirorot Road (highway no.410) from Pattani to Yala for
another 15 kilometres, turn left to highway 4061 (Yarang- Mayo) for 1.2
kilometres to Ancient town area. Then turn left to the north for 400
metres to Ban Ja-le Ancient Town.
Visitors in group can contact the Head of the Ancient Yarang Town
Exploring Project on the official days and working hours at Tel: 0 7343
9093.
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