Pagan Kingdom

State · 850–1293 CE · at its largest around 1188 CE

The first kingdom to unify the Irrawaddy valley of Burma, centred on Bagan with its thousands of Buddhist temples. Mongol invasions in the 1280s broke its power.

On its lands while it lasted

• Bagan (200–1293 CE): Capital of Pagan Kingdom (850–1293).
• Yangon (1035 CE): Capital of Burma (1948–1989), Union of Myanmar (1990–2005).
• Pagan Kingdom unified (1044 CE): Anawrahta's accession in 1044 began the unification of the Irrawaddy valley under Pagan, the first Burmese empire, which built thousands of Buddhist temples.

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