Mon Buddhist network of city-states in central Thailand that first transmitted Theravada Buddhism across mainland Southeast Asia.
Declined and fragmented in the 11th century CE under sustained pressure from Khmer expansion eastward, with Khmer forces gradually absorbing Dvaravati territories and Mon principalities losing autonomy; the polity effectively ceased to exist by the mid-11th century.
The atlas holds 4 border frames for Dvaravati — the shape you scrub through changes in 550 · 650 · 750 · 900.
Regional history covering the Dvaravati culture of early Thailand.
Regional survey covering the Mon and Dvaravati kingdoms of Thailand alongside Pyu and Khmer polities; AltaMira Press.