Kanchanaburi is a land that has existed since prehistoric times. The archeological evidence was found such as the Neolithic and Metal Age stone tools, human skeleton jewelry pottery, color painting on the cave wall, coffins at Phoeng Pha caves and along the Kwai Noi River, Khwae Yai, and Mae Klong River Basin

 

Kanchanaburi appeared in the Ayutthaya period. It is the main city because there is a border city in the war with Burma, it is an army route where enemy countries march through the three pagodas checkpoint and is sometimes a battlefield. During the Thonburi period, the Thai capital was at war with Burma 10 times.

 

During the Rattanakosin era, there was a war of 9 armies at the battlefield over the lawn. After the war moved the location of the city from Lat Ya came to set up at Tambon Pak Phraek until 2374 B.E., King Rama III had requested the construction of the city wall and a permanent fortress

 

Kanchanaburi City Located at Pak Phraek from 2374 B.E. until 2498 B.E., the government buildings and the city hall were moved. Newly built at "Ban Bo", Pak Phraek Subdistrict, Saeng Chuto Road, about 3 kilometers from the old city hall.