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Rama I founded a new Siamese dynasty, with its capital at Bangkok. Even in period of political anarchy, great cultural activity emerged. Connecting cultural patronage to political control, Rama issued royal decrees aimed at controlling the sangha and addressing the need to harness the manpower represented by idle monks. (See Thailand (Siam))	1

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