History of Thaton

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.

History

Thaton was the capital of the Thaton Kingdom, which ruled present day Lower Burma between the 9th and 11th centuries. Like the Burmans and the Thais, some modern Mons have tried to identify their ethnicity and, specifically this