Thaton Kingdom

E277480
Buddhist kingdom Mon kingdom historical kingdom

Thaton Kingdom was an ancient Mon kingdom in Lower Burma known as a major center of Theravada Buddhism and maritime trade in Southeast Asia.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Thaton Kingdom canonical 4
Mon kingdom 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist kingdom ⓘ
Mon kingdom ⓘ
historical kingdom ⓘ
broughtBuddhistTextsTo Pagan ⓘ
broughtMonScholarsTo Pagan ⓘ
capital Thaton ⓘ
conqueredBy Anawrahta ⓘ
surface form: Anawrahta of Pagan

Pagan Kingdom ⓘ
conquestYearApprox 1057 ⓘ
culturalInfluenceOn Pagan Kingdom ⓘ
culturalRegion Suvarnabhumi (as identified in some traditions) ⓘ
surface form: Suvarnabhumi (traditional identification)
economicRole maritime trading hub ⓘ
ethnicGroup Mon people ⓘ
flourishedInCentury 10th century ⓘ
11th century ⓘ
followedBy Pagan Empire control of Lower Burma ⓘ
hasCity Thaton ⓘ
hasHeritageSite Thaton archaeological remains ⓘ
hasLanguage Mon language ⓘ
influencedBy South Indian trade cultures ⓘ
Buddhism in Sri Lanka ⓘ
surface form: Sri Lankan Theravada Buddhism
knownFor Mon culture ⓘ
Theravada Buddhist scholarship ⓘ
contacts with Sri Lanka ⓘ
maritime trade ⓘ
locatedIn southern Myanmar ⓘ
surface form: Lower Burma

Myanmar ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
modernCountryTerritory Myanmar ⓘ
partOf Mon kingdoms of Southeast Asia ⓘ
politicalSystem monarchy ⓘ
portCity Thaton ⓘ
precededBy earlier Mon polities in Lower Burma ⓘ
region Gulf of Martaban ⓘ
Tenasserim ⓘ
surface form: Tenasserim coast
religion Theravada ⓘ
surface form: Theravada Buddhism
religiousCanon Tripitaka ⓘ
surface form: Pali Canon
religiousInstitution Buddhist monasteries ⓘ
religiousRole center of Theravada Buddhism ⓘ
religiousTradition Theravada ⓘ
seaAccess Andaman Sea ⓘ
timePeriod early second millennium CE ⓘ
late first millennium CE ⓘ
tradePartner Paradip Port ⓘ
surface form: Bay of Bengal ports

South India ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
tradeRoute Indian Ocean trade network ⓘ
surface form: Indian Ocean maritime trade network
usedScript Mon script ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

Mon → notableKingdom → Thaton Kingdom ⓘ
Mon people → historicalKingdom → Thaton Kingdom ⓘ
Old Mon → historicalTerritory → Thaton Kingdom ⓘ
Middle Mon → usedIn → Thaton Kingdom ⓘ
Thaton → historicalRegion → Thaton Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mon kingdom
Martaban → historicalRegion → Thaton Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mon kingdom
Martaban → underRuleOf → Thaton Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mon kingdom