Mon kingdoms

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The Mon kingdoms were early Southeast Asian polities, centered in what is now Myanmar and Thailand, known for their influential Theravada Buddhist culture, script, and art that shaped later regional states.

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Label Occurrences
Mon kingdoms canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical polity
pre-modern kingdom
capital Hariphunchai (Lamphun)
linked to: Lamphun

Pegu
Thaton
continent Asia
culture Mon culture
economy riverine trade
wet-rice agriculture
ethnicGroup Mon people
flourishedIn early second millennium CE
first millennium CE
hasPart Hanthawaddy Kingdom
Hariphunchai Kingdom
linked to: Lanna Kingdom

Pegu Kingdom
Thaton Kingdom
influenced Burmese art
Burmese script
Khmer art
Khmer script
Lanna script
linked to: Tai Tham script

Thai art
Thai script
Theravada Buddhist culture in mainland Southeast Asia
knownFor Buddhist architecture
Buddhist monastic institutions
early adoption of Theravada Buddhism in mainland Southeast Asia
stone inscriptions
stucco and terracotta art
language Mon language
locatedIn Southeast Asia
mainland Southeast Asia
present-day Myanmar
present-day Thailand
partOf history of Myanmar
history of Thailand
politicalStructure network of city-states
precededBy Dvaravati culture
linked to: Dvaravati
receivedInfluenceFrom Indian culture
Pali Buddhist tradition
religion Buddhism
Theravada Buddhism
linked to: Theravada
tradeRoute routes linking Indian Ocean and inland Southeast Asia
transmittedTo Burmese kingdoms
Khmer Empire
Tai polities in mainland Southeast Asia
writingSystem Mon script

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Referenced by (6)

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

Ayutthaya Kingdom influencedBy Mon kingdoms
Pagan Kingdom precededBy Mon kingdoms
Hariphunchai partOf Mon kingdoms
Pagan Empire influencedBy Mon kingdoms
Mottama historicallyConnectedTo Mon kingdoms
Suphannaphum associatedWith Mon kingdoms