Dvaravati

E276025

Buddhist kingdom Mon kingdom ancient polity historical kingdom

Dvaravati was an early Mon-speaking Buddhist kingdom that flourished in central Thailand between the 6th and 11th centuries, known for its distinctive art and role in spreading Theravada Buddhism in Southeast Asia.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Dvaravati canonical	5
Dvaravati art	2
Dvaravati period	2
Dvaravati cultural sphere	1
Dvaravati culture	1
Dvaravati polities	1
Dvaravati region	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2525932 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Dvaravati
Context triple: [Mon, notableKingdom, Dvaravati]

A. Ayutthaya Kingdom
The Ayutthaya Kingdom was a powerful Siamese state that flourished from the 14th to the 18th century in what is now Thailand, known for its extensive trade networks, rich cosmopolitan culture, and eventual destruction by Burma in 1767.
B. Lanna Kingdom
The Lanna Kingdom was a historic Tai state in what is now northern Thailand, known for its distinctive culture, language, and Buddhist artistic traditions centered in the region around present-day Chiang Mai.
C. Champa
Champa was an ancient maritime kingdom in what is now central and southern Vietnam, known for its seafaring trade networks, Hindu-Buddhist culture, and distinctive temple architecture.
D. Medang Kingdom
The Medang Kingdom was an early medieval Javanese Hindu-Buddhist polity in Central and later East Java, known for its temple complexes and role in the development of classical Javanese culture.
E. Khmer Empire
The Khmer Empire was a powerful and sophisticated Southeast Asian civilization centered in present-day Cambodia, renowned for its monumental temple complexes such as Angkor Wat and its extensive influence from the 9th to the 15th centuries.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Dvaravati
Target entity description: Dvaravati was an early Mon-speaking Buddhist kingdom that flourished in central Thailand between the 6th and 11th centuries, known for its distinctive art and role in spreading Theravada Buddhism in Southeast Asia.

A. Ayutthaya Kingdom
The Ayutthaya Kingdom was a powerful Siamese state that flourished from the 14th to the 18th century in what is now Thailand, known for its extensive trade networks, rich cosmopolitan culture, and eventual destruction by Burma in 1767.
B. Lanna Kingdom
The Lanna Kingdom was a historic Tai state in what is now northern Thailand, known for its distinctive culture, language, and Buddhist artistic traditions centered in the region around present-day Chiang Mai.
C. Champa
Champa was an ancient maritime kingdom in what is now central and southern Vietnam, known for its seafaring trade networks, Hindu-Buddhist culture, and distinctive temple architecture.
D. Medang Kingdom
The Medang Kingdom was an early medieval Javanese Hindu-Buddhist polity in Central and later East Java, known for its temple complexes and role in the development of classical Javanese culture.
E. Khmer Empire
The Khmer Empire was a powerful and sophisticated Southeast Asian civilization centered in present-day Cambodia, renowned for its monumental temple complexes such as Angkor Wat and its extensive influence from the 9th to the 15th centuries.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (69)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist kingdom ⓘ Mon kingdom ⓘ ancient polity ⓘ historical kingdom ⓘ
approximateEndDate	11th century CE ⓘ
approximateStartDate	6th century CE ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidence	brick religious structures ⓘ earthen ramparts and ditches ⓘ moated settlements ⓘ
archaeologicalSite	Chansen ⓘ Khu Bua ⓘ Lopburi ⓘ Nakhon Pathom ⓘ Si Thep ⓘ U Thong ⓘ
artStyle	Dvaravati self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Dvaravati art
artStyleInfluencedBy	Amaravati school ⓘ Gupta art ⓘ post-Gupta Indian art ⓘ
capitalCandidate	Nakhon Pathom ⓘ U Thong ⓘ
culturalRegion	Suvarnabhumi (as identified in some traditions) ⓘ
declineCentury	11th century ⓘ
economyBasedOn	riverine trade ⓘ wet-rice agriculture ⓘ
engagedIn	maritime trade with Indian Ocean networks ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Mon people ⓘ
flourishedInCentury	10th century ⓘ 6th century ⓘ 7th century ⓘ 8th century ⓘ 9th century ⓘ
iconography	Buddha in abhaya mudra ⓘ Buddha in dharmachakra mudra ⓘ
influenced	Mon kingdoms in Lower Burma ⓘ later Thai polities ⓘ
influencedBy	Indian culture ⓘ Indian religions ⓘ Indic political concepts ⓘ
knownFor	Mon cultural influence ⓘ distinctive Buddhist art ⓘ early urbanization in central Thailand ⓘ spread of Theravada Buddhism in Southeast Asia ⓘ
locatedIn	Chao Phraya River ⓘ surface form: Chao Phraya River basin Indochinese Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Mainland Southeast Asia central Thailand ⓘ
numismaticEvidence	silver coins with conch and wheel motifs ⓘ
partOf	early historic period of Southeast Asia ⓘ
politicalStructure	mandala-type polity ⓘ network of city-states ⓘ
primaryLanguage	Mon language ⓘ
produced	Buddha images in stone and bronze ⓘ Buddhist stupas ⓘ inscribed stone slabs ⓘ large stone Dharmachakra (Wheel of the Law) monuments ⓘ terracotta tablets ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ Hinduism ⓘ Mahayana ⓘ surface form: Mahayana Buddhism Theravada ⓘ surface form: Theravada Buddhism
religiousArchitecture	brick sanctuaries ⓘ monasteries ⓘ stupas ⓘ
religiousRole	early center of Theravada Buddhism in Mainland Southeast Asia ⓘ
succeededBy	Khmer Empire ⓘ Lopburi (Lavo) polity under Khmer influence ⓘ emergent Tai states in central Thailand ⓘ
writingSystem	Mon script ⓘ
writingSystemInfluencedBy	Pallava script ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mon → notableKingdom → Dvaravati ⓘ

Mon → artStyle → Dvaravati ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dvaravati art

Indosphere → includesCulture → Dvaravati ⓘ

Mon people → historicalKingdom → Dvaravati ⓘ

Mon language → historicalRegion → Dvaravati ⓘ

Old Mon → historicalTerritory → Dvaravati ⓘ

Middle Mon → usedIn → Dvaravati ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dvaravati cultural sphere

Dvaravati → artStyle → Dvaravati self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dvaravati art

Nakhon Pathom → historicalPeriod → Dvaravati ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dvaravati period

Lopburi → historicalPeriod → Dvaravati ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dvaravati period

Mekong region archaeological heritage → linkedToCulture → Dvaravati ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dvaravati culture

Old Mon script → usedInRegion → Dvaravati ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dvaravati region

Old Mon script → geopoliticalContext → Dvaravati ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dvaravati polities

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