Thaton Kingdom

Kingdom of Thaton
သထုံခေတ် သုဝဏ္ဏဘူမိ
Kingdom
300 BC–17 May 1057
Capital		Thaton
Languages		Mon
Religion		Theravada Buddhism
Government		Monarchy
•	c. 10??-1057	Manuha
History
•	Founding of dynasty	300 BC
•	Mon settlements in Lower Burma
•	War with Pagan
•	End of kingdom	17 May 1057
Preceded by Dvaravati

The Thaton Kingdom or Thuwunnabumi (Burmese: သထုံခေတ် [θətʰòʊɴ kʰɪʔ] or သုဝဏ္ဏဘူမိ [θṵwəna̰ bʊ̀mḭ]) was a Mon kingdom, believed to have existed in Lower Burma from at least the 4th century BC to the middle of the 11th century AD. One of many Mon kingdoms that existed in modern-day Lower Burma and Thailand, the kingdom was essentially a city-state centered on the city of Thaton. It traded directly with South India and Sri Lanka, and became a primary center of Theravada Buddhism in South-East Asia. Thaton, like other Mon kingdoms, faced the gradual encroachment of the Khmer Empire. But it was the Pagan Kingdom from the north that conquered the fabled kingdom in 1057.

Mon tradition maintains that the kingdom was called Suvannabhumi (Burmese: သုဝဏ္ဏဘူမိ), a name also claimed by Lower Thailand, and that it was founded during the time of the Buddha in the 6th century BCE. Thaton is the Burmese name of Sadhuim in Mon, which in turn is from Sudhammapura in Pali, after Sudharma, the moot hall of the gods.

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