Dvaravati

ethnic group

Dvaravati refers to a cultural and political network of early historic polities that flourished in the present-day central Thailand from approximately the 6th to the 11th century; however, archaeological evidence suggests that the cultural developments associated with Dvaravati began several centuries earlier, often described as a Proto-Dvaravati phase. It is tentatively regarded as a successor to the polity known in Chinese sources as Lang-chia or Lang-ya-hsiu. Chinese Buddhist accounts from the mid-7th century describe a Buddhist kingdom called To-lo-po-ti, located west of Isanapura (Cambodi

archaeological site in Thailand

stupa in Nakhon Pathom, Thailand

political establishments by the Mon-speaking people that ruled large sections of present-day Burma (Myanmar) at various times between c.800–c.1757

language spoken in Thailand

district in Phetchabun province, Thailand

archaeological site near Ratchaburi, Thailand