Thaton
Sign in to saveThaton (; ) 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. It is southeast of Yangon and north of Mawlamyine. Thaton was the capital of Thaton Kingdom from at least the 4th century BC to the middle of the 11th century AD.
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Place details
- Locality
- သထုံ
- Region
- မွန်ပြည်နယ်
- Country
- မြန်မာ
- Population
- 123,727
- Timezone
- Asia/Yangon
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Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.official_name
- Thaton
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Burma
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Myanmar
- Settlement.image_skyline
- 250px
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Division
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Thaton District
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.area_code
- 57
- Settlement.population_as_of
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Myanmar
- Located in
- Thaton District
- Population
- +130763
- Elevation
- +24
- Time zone
- UTC+06:30
- Capital of
- Thaton District
- Image
- Thaton, Myanmar (Burma) - panoramio.jpg
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Article
18 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Geography
- Climate
- History
- Contemporary epigraphy
- Archaeology
- Historiography of the conquest story
- In the ''Zambu Kungya''
- In the Kalyani Inscriptions
- In the ''Jinakālamālī''
- In the ''Mahayazawingyi''
- In the ''Yazawin Thit''
- Sites of interest
- Health care
- Education
- Notes
- References
- External links
Thaton (; ) 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. It is southeast of Yangon and north of Mawlamyine. Thaton was the capital of Thaton Kingdom from at least the 4th century BC to the middle of the 11th century AD.
==Etymology== Thaton is the Burmese name of Sathuim (သဓီု) in Mon, which in turn is from Sudhammapura () in Pali, after Sudharma, the moot hall of the gods. This name has Buddhist symbolism: according to the 4th-century Buddhavaṃsa, this was the name of the city where the Śobhita Buddha was born, as well as the name of his father, and "Sudhammavati" was also the name of the city where the Sujāta Buddha "held his first assembly of monks". The name of Thaton probably originated as the formal Pali name "Sudhamma", which then became vernacular Mon form "Sadhuim", which is in turn pronounced "Thaton" in Burmese.