Masarautar farko ta 'yan asali da ta bulla a cikin Indochina an kira shi a cikin tarihin kasar Sin daular Funan kuma ta mamaye yankin Cambodia na zamani, da kuma gabar tekun kudancin Vietnam da kudancin Thailand tun daga karni na farko AZ.Funan wata masarauta ceta Indiyawa , wacce ta ƙunshi sassan tsakiya na cibiyoyin Indiya, addini, aikin gwamnati, gudanarwa, al'adu, tarihin rubutu, rubuce-rubuce da gine-gine kuma ta tsunduma cikin kasuwancin Tekun Indiya mai fa'ida.^[5]A karni na 2 AD, mazauna Austronesiya sun kafa daular Indiyawa da aka sani da Champa tare da tsakiyar Vietnam ta zamani.Mutanen Cham sun kafa ƙauyuka na farko kusa da Champasak na zamani a Laos.Funan ya faɗaɗa kuma ya haɗa yankin Champasak a ƙarni na shida AZ, lokacin da aka maye gurbinsa da magajinsa Chenla.Chenla ta mamaye manyan yankuna na Laos na zamani yayin da take lissafin masarauta ta farko a ƙasar Laotian.^[6]Babban birnin Chenla na farko shine Shrestapura wanda ke kusa da Champasak da Wurin Tarihi na UNESCO na Wat Phu.Wat Phu babban katafaren haikali ne a kudancin Laos wanda ya haɗu da kewayen yanayi tare da ƙawancen dutsen yashi, waɗanda mutanen Chenla suka kiyaye su kuma suka ƙawata su har zuwa 900 AZ, kuma daga baya Khmer suka sake gano su kuma suka ƙawata su a ƙarni na 10.A karni na 8 AZ Chenla ya rabu zuwa "Land Chenla" dake cikin Laos, da kuma "Water Chenla" wanda Mahendravarman ya kafa kusa da Sambor Prei Kuk a Cambodia.Kasar Sin ta san Land Chenla a matsayin "Po Lou" ko "Wen Dan" kuma ta aika da aikin kasuwanci zuwa kotun daular Tang a shekara ta 717 AZ.Water Chenla, zai fuskanci hare-hare akai-akai daga Champa, da masarautun teku na Mataram a Indonesia da ke cikin Java, da kuma 'yan fashin teku.Daga rashin kwanciyar hankali Khmer ya fito.^[7]A yankin da ke arewaci da tsakiyar Laos na zamani, da arewa maso gabashin Thailand mutanen Mon sun kafa nasu masarautu a cikin karni na 8 AZ, a waje da masarautun Chenla masu kwangila.A karni na 6 a cikin kwarin kogin Chao Phraya, mutanen Mon sun haɗu don ƙirƙirar masarautun Dvavati.A arewa, Haripunjaya (Lamphun) ya fito a matsayin mai adawa da Dvaravati.A karni na 8 Mon ya tura arewa don ƙirƙirar jihohin birni, wanda aka sani da "muang," a Fa Daet (arewa maso gabashin Thailand), Sri Gotapura (Sikhottabong) kusa da Tha Khek na zamani, Laos, Muang Sua (Luang Prabang), da Chantaburi ( Vientiane).A cikin karni na 8 AZ, Sri Gotapura (Sikhhottabong) ita ce mafi ƙarfi daga cikin waɗannan jahohin farko na birni, da sarrafa kasuwanci a cikin tsakiyar Mekong.Jihohin birnin an daure su a siyasance, amma sun kasance irin na al'ada kuma sun gabatar da addinin Buddha na Therevada daga mishan na Sri Lanka a duk yankin.^[8]