AD 853

Jambi kingdom, part of Srivijaya empire, sends mission to China

AD 871

Jambi kingdom, part of Srivijaya empire, sends another mission to China; a sign of its growing independence

AD 877

Indravarman I becomes ruler of Khmer empire; expands territories

AD 880

Khmer temple at Preah Ko built

AD 889

Yasovarman I becomes ruler of Khmer empire; founds new capital, Yasodharapura

AD 898

Balitung becomes Mataram ruler in central Java

AD 910

Daksa becomes Mataram ruler in central Java

AD 919

Tulodong becomes Mataram ruler in central Java

AD 928

Jayavarman IV becomes ruler of Khmer empire; empire splits and Jayavarman establishes new capital at Koh Ker

AD 928

Mpu Sindok of the Isyana dynasty takes power in Mataram

AD 938

Vietnam gains independence from China

AD 944

Rajendravarman II becomes ruler of Khmer empire; moves capital back to Yasodharapura

AD 968

Jayavarman V becomes ruler of Khmer empire

AD 985

Mataram conquers Bali and founds a settlement in western Kalimantan

AD 990

Mataram makes failed attempt to conquer Srivijaya and take Palembang

AD 992

Chulamanivarmadeva of Srivijaya asks China for protection against Mataram

AD 996

Mataram king Dharmawangsa orders the translation of the Mahabharata into Old Javanese

AD 1002

Jayaviravarman claims Khmer throne; period of fighting with Suryavarman

AD 1002

Suryavarman I becomes ruler of Khmer Empire; extends territories to Thailand and the Kra Isthmus

AD 1006

Srivijaya attacks and destroys the capital of Mataram; Java enters period of chaos

AD 1017

Rajendra Chola, from South India, attacks Srivijaya

AD 1019

Airlangga founds Kahuripan kingdom in Java; makes peace with Srivijaya and unites central Java, eastern Java, and Bali

AD 1025

Rajendra Chola, from South India, conquers Kedah from Srivijaya

AD 1044

Anawrahta becomes ruler of Pagan

AD 1045

Airlangga of Mataram abdicates; kingdom splits in two

AD 1045

Mataram kingdom now the kingdoms of Kediri and Janggala

AD 1057

Pagan conquers Mon city of Thaton and unifies Burma

AD 1088

Kingdom of Jambi takes the Srivijaya capital

AD 1113

Suryavarman II becomes ruler of Khmer empire; builds temple and mausoleum of Angkor Wat

AD 1117

Kamesvara becomes king of Kediri; unites with Janggala

AD 1160

Yasovarman II becomes ruler of Khmer Empire

AD 1203

Khmer empire conquers Champa

AD 1220

Khmer withdraws from much of Champa

AD 1221

Battle of Genter: Ken Angrok of Tumapel defeats Kediri; founds kingdom of Singhasari

AD 1243

Pho Khun Pha Muang and Pho Khun Bang Klang Hao found Thai kingdom of Sukhothai; Khmer are expelled

AD 1267

Malik ul Salih establishes the first Muslim state of Samudra Pasai on Sumatra

AD 1277

Battle of Ngasaunggyan: Yunnan Chinese defeat Pagan invasion

AD 1278

Pho Khun Ramkhamhaeng becomes Sukhothai ruler; kingdom enters a 'golden age'

AD 1283

Traditional date for development of Thai alphabet

AD 1287

Battle of Pagan: Mongols defeat kingdom of Pagan

AD 1287

Mon dynasty rules lower Burma, with a capital at Martaban

AD 1289

Mongols install puppet king in Pagan; end of Pagan kingdom

AD 1293

Raden Wijaya establishes the Majapahit empire on Java

AD 1293

Majapahit empire rules much of Sumatra

AD 1293

Mongols attack island of Java

AD 1295

Indravarman III becomes ruler of Khmer Empire