For a better proof of
concept, let’s take a trip to ancient Thailand to read and see images of the
existence of black brothers and sisters. Image
In about 600 A.D, the
Champa of Vietnam (more about them later), sacked Funan and brought it under
vassalage. This turn of events allowed the “Mon” of Thailand to break away from
Funanese vassalage and establish their own kingdoms. The most important of
these Mon kingdoms was Dvaravati, which dates from approximately the 6th to the
11th century A.D. It was centered at the Chao Phraya River valley in modern-day
Thailand, with Nakhon Pathom as the capital.

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The Mon were rarely
politically dominant, but rather, almost continually under the shadow of their
stronger neighbors. Dvaravati was prevented by geo-political barriers from
establishing close political ties with other Mon Imagestates to the west in
southern Myanmar (Burma), and with the Mon state in northern Thailand.
Consequently, Dvaravati experienced political domination by neighboring peoples
on at least three separate occasions: in the 10th century, the Burmese
conquered the Mon state of Thaton, Imagewhich was west of the Tenasserim Yoma;
from 1100 A.D. to the 1300 A.D, the Khmer (in Cambodia) arose in the east and
re-established their Empire; and finally, in the late 13th century, when
Dvaravati was absorbed by the current inhabitants of Thailand – the Mongol
Thai’s.
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ImageThe Thai were a
Mongol people who had already emigrated from southern China during the 9th and
10th century’s, and had at first founded only small settlements which were then
under Khmer hegemony. In the beginning of the 13th century, they gradually succeeded
in becoming free of the reign of the Khmer, who had previously conquered the
Mons.
The first Thai kingdom
was Sukothai in the Central Plains of Thailand, from which originated the
modern Thai culture, which is a blend of Mongol and Mon. The Thai alphabet and
script were developed during this Sukothai period.

Subjugation did not
mean immediate extinction for the Mon however, it appears that the Thai allowed
the Mon to retain their customs and a relative degree of racial homogeneity for
a time. Of course that could not last very long, naturally there would be
cross-breeding. And today, it would be very difficult to find a Thai with
purely Mongol blood or one with purely Mon blood.

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