Ayutthaya (; , ; also spelled Ayudhya) was a
Siamese kingdom that existed from 1351 to 1767. Ayutthaya was friendly towards foreign traders, including the
Chinese,
Vietnamese,
Indians,
Japanese and
Persians, and later the
Portuguese,
Spaniards,
Dutch and
French, permitting them to set up villages outside the walls of the capital, also called
Ayutthaya.