Thaton
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Thaton သထုံ(သထံု) |
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 Thaton
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| Coordinates: 16°56′N 97°22′E / 16.933°N 97.367°ECoordinates: 16°56′N 97°22′E / 16.933°N 97.367°E | |
| Country |
 Burma
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| Division | Mon State |
| District | Thaton District |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Total | 130,763 |
| • Religions | Theravada Buddhism |
| Time zone | MST (UTC+6.30) |
| Area code(s) | 57 |
Thaton (Burmese: သထုံျမိဳ႕; MLCTS: sa. htum mrui.; Mon: သထံု, [kəthɜ̀m]) is a town in Mon State, in southern Myanmar on the Tenasserim plains. Thaton lies along the National Highway 8 and is also connected by the National Road 85.
Thaton is the Burmese name of Sadhuim in Mon, which in turn is from Sudhammapura (သုဓမ္မပူရ) in Pali, after Sudharma, the moot hall of the gods.
Thaton was the capital of the Thaton Kingdom, which ruled present day Lower Burma between the 9th and 11th centuries. Like the Burmans and the Thais, some modern Mons have tried to identify their ethnicity and, specifically this kingdom at Thaton, with the semi-historical kingdom of Suwarnabhumi ("The Golden Land"); today, this claim is contested by many different ethnicities in south-east Asia, and contradicted by scholars. Historical scholarship indicates that the early usage of the term (as found in the edicts of Ashoka of India, who sent Buddhist missionaries there in the 3rd century BC) indicated a location in southern India, and not in south-east Asia.
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