This book consists of the following:
<ol><li>A preface by Luang Prasoet-aksonnit (Phae Talalak), undersecretary of the Department of Education, dated 120 RE (2444 BE, 1901/02 CE).</li>
<li><i>Phraratchaphongsawadan</i> ("Royal Chronicle"), being a royal chronicle of Siam containing the events prior to the founding of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayutthaya_Kingdom" class="extiw" title="w:Ayutthaya Kingdom">Ayutthaya Kingdom</a> up to the reign of King <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rama_I" class="extiw" title="w:Rama I">Rama I</a> of Bangkok, printed for the first time as this book by the Department of Education of Siam (present-day Ministry of Education of Thailand).</li></ol><u>Note</u>: "RE" refers to Rattanakosin Era, the calendar used in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rattanakosin_Kingdom" class="extiw" title="w:Rattanakosin Kingdom">Rattanakosin Kingdom</a>; "BE", <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_Era" class="extiw" title="w:Buddhist Era">Buddhist Era</a>; and "CE", <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Era" class="extiw" title="w:Common Era">Common Era</a>.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Ministry_of_Education_(Thailand)" class="extiw" title="w:en:Ministry of Education (Thailand)"><span title="Thai ministry responsible for education">Ministry of Education of Thailand</span></a>
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กรมศึกษาธิการ (ผู้รวบรวม). (๒๔๔๔). <i>พระราชพงษาวดาร เล่ม ๑</i>. พระนคร: โรงพิมพ์พิศาลบรรณนิติ์.