Theravada Buddhism established in Southeast Asia

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Theravada Buddhism established in Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia

Starting at around the 11th century, Sinhalese Theravāda monks and Southeast Asian elites led a widespread conversion of most of mainland Southeast Asia to the Sinhalese Theravāda Mahavihara school. The patronage of monarchs such as the Burmese king Anawrahta (1044–1077) and the Thai king Ram Khamhaeng was instrumental in the rise of Theravāda Buddhism as the primary religion of Burma and Thailand.

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