Pre Lan Xang (Pre-1353)

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Pre Lan Xang (Pre-1353)

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Pre Lan Xang
2,000 - 500 A.D.
Early pottery and bronze culture, middle Mekong Valley.

First century B.C.
Early mandala fifth century formed in middle Mekong Valley.

Mid-sixth century
Zhenla established, centered on Champasak.

Early eighth century
Zhenla divided into "Water Zhenla" and "Land Zhenla."

717
First tributary mission from Land Zhenla to Tang China.

Eighth-twelfth centuries
Mon mandala of central Mekong region fall under Khmer domination;
Theravada Buddhism spread by Mon monks.
Tenth-twelfth centuries
Muang Sua (Louangphrabang), renamed Xieng Dong Xieng Tong;
mandala infiltrated by Lao descending the Nam Ou.
Twelfth century
Candapuri mandala in Vientiane region absorbed within Khmer Empire.
1271 - 72
Panya Lang rules Xieng Dong Xieng Thong.
1279
Tai mandala of Sukhotai founded by King Ramkhamhaeng;
Xieng Dong Xieng Thong and Muang Vieng Chan Vieng Kham (Vientiane)
briefly incorporated into Sukhotai mandala.

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* SuHue Luong, May 15, 2004 - 11:11

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