Sangkha

Sangkha lies near the northern foothills of the Dangrek Mountains, in a region with old Khmer monuments and communities skilled in handling elephants. In 1759 Chiang Kha and his followers helped capture a white elephant that had escaped from Ayutthaya. His settlement became the town of Sangkha, one of several local centres owing tribute through Phimai. Elephants and other products of the forests formed part of the tribute sent to the Siamese court.