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Laos, once known as Lan Xang.
The Kingdom of a Million Elephants. ...
    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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