Thaton

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.

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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: 2007
Settlement.population_blank1_title: Ethnicities
Settlement.population_blank2: Theravada Buddhism
Settlement.population_blank2_title: Religions
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.population_total: 130,763

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Wikidata facts

Population: 130763
Elevation: 24
Image: Thaton, Myanmar (Burma) - panoramio.jpg
Dialing code: 57

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18 sections

Contents

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

==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.