History
The region's first distinctive civilization,
Dvaravati
, was established around two thousand years ago by an Austroasiatic-speaking people known as the Mon. One of its mainstays was Theravada Buddhism, which had been introduced to Thailand during the second or third century BC by Indian missionaries. In the eighth century, peninsular Thailand to the south of Dvaravati came under the control of the Srivijaya empire, a Mahayana Buddhist state centred on Sumatra which had strong ties with India.
From the ninth century onwards, however, both Dvaravati and Srivijaya Thailand succumbed to invading
Khmers
from Cambodia, who took control of northeastern, central and peninsular Thailand. They ruled from Angkor and left dozens of spectacular temple complexes throughout the region. By the thirteenth century, however, the Khmers had overreached themselves and were in no position to resist the onslaught of a vibrant new force in Southeast Asia, the Thais.
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