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- Pagan_Kingdom abstract "The Kingdom of Pagan (Burmese: ပုဂံခေတ်, pronounced: [bəɡàɴ kʰɪʔ], lit. "Pagan Period"; also commonly known as the Pagan Dynasty and the Pagan Empire) was the first kingdom to unify the regions that would later constitute modern-day Burma (Myanmar). Pagan's 250-year rule over the Irrawaddy valley and its periphery laid the foundation for the ascent of Burmese language and culture, the spread of Burman ethnicity in Upper Burma, and the growth of Theravada Buddhism in Burma and in mainland Southeast Asia.The kingdom grew out of a small 9th-century settlement at Pagan (Bagan) by the Mranma (Burmans), who had recently entered the Irrawaddy valley from the Kingdom of Nanzhao. Over the next two hundred years, the small principality gradually grew to absorb its surrounding regions until the 1050s and 1060s when King Anawrahta founded the Pagan Empire, for the first time unifying under one polity the Irrawaddy valley and its periphery. By the late 12th century Anawrahta's successors had extended their influence farther to the south into the upper Malay peninsula, to the east at least to the Salween river, in the farther north to below the current China border, and to the west, in northern Arakan and the Chin Hills. In the 12th and 13th centuries, Pagan, alongside the Khmer Empire, was one of two main empires in mainland Southeast Asia.The Burmese language and culture gradually became dominant in the upper Irrawaddy valley, eclipsing the Pyu, Mon and Pali norms by the late 12th century. Theravada Buddhism slowly began to spread to the village level although Tantric, Mahayana, Brahmanic, and animist practices remained heavily entrenched at all social strata. Pagan's rulers built over 10,000 Buddhist temples in the Pagan capital zone of which over 2000 remain. The wealthy donated tax-free land to religious authorities.The kingdom went into decline in the mid-13th century as the continuous growth of tax-free religious wealth by the 1280s had severely affected the crown's ability to retain the loyalty of courtiers and military servicemen. This ushered in a vicious circle of internal disorders and external challenges by the Arakanese, Mons, Mongols and Shans. Repeated Mongol invasions (1277–1301) toppled the four-century-old kingdom in 1287. The collapse was followed by 250 years of political fragmentation that lasted well into the 16th century.".
- Pagan_Kingdom capital Bagan.
- Pagan_Kingdom currency Burmese_kyat.
- Pagan_Kingdom dissolutionDate "1297-12-17".
- Pagan_Kingdom dissolutionYear "1297".
- Pagan_Kingdom foundingDate "0849-12-23".
- Pagan_Kingdom foundingYear "0849".
- Pagan_Kingdom thumbnail Pagan_Empire_--_Sithu_II.PNG?width=300.
- Pagan_Kingdom wikiPageExternalLink BurmaArt_TOC.htm.
- Pagan_Kingdom wikiPageID "6688093".
- Pagan_Kingdom wikiPageRevisionID "599747001".
- Pagan_Kingdom capital Bagan.
- Pagan_Kingdom caption Bupaya_Pagoda.
- Pagan_Kingdom caption "Ananda Temple's Kassapa Buddha – South facing".
- Pagan_Kingdom caption "Evolution of the Burmese stupa: Bawbawgyi Pagoda".
- Pagan_Kingdom caption "Gautama Buddha – West facing".
- Pagan_Kingdom caption "Kakusandha Buddha – North facing".
- Pagan_Kingdom caption "Koṇāgamana Buddha – East facing".
- Pagan_Kingdom caption "Myazedi inscription in the Burmese script".
- Pagan_Kingdom caption "The Dhammayazika".
- Pagan_Kingdom caption "The Lawkananda".
- Pagan_Kingdom caption "The Mingalazedi".
- Pagan_Kingdom caption "The Shwezigon".
- Pagan_Kingdom caption "in Mon".
- Pagan_Kingdom caption "in Pali".
- Pagan_Kingdom caption "in Pyu".
- Pagan_Kingdom commonLanguages Burmese_language.
- Pagan_Kingdom commonLanguages Mon_language.
- Pagan_Kingdom commonLanguages Pyu_language_(Burma).
- Pagan_Kingdom commonName "Pagan Dynasty".
- Pagan_Kingdom continent "Asia".
- Pagan_Kingdom conventionalLongName "Kingdom of Pagan".
- Pagan_Kingdom country "Burma".
- Pagan_Kingdom currency "silver kyat".
- Pagan_Kingdom dateEnd "--12-17".
- Pagan_Kingdom dateEvent "1060.0".
- Pagan_Kingdom dateEvent "1174".
- Pagan_Kingdom dateEvent "1277".
- Pagan_Kingdom dateEvent "984".
- Pagan_Kingdom dateStart "--12-23".
- Pagan_Kingdom era "Middle Ages".
- Pagan_Kingdom event Mongol_invasions_of_Burma.
- Pagan_Kingdom event "Earliest evidence of Burmese script".
- Pagan_Kingdom event "Founding of Pagan Empire".
- Pagan_Kingdom event "Peak of Pagan Empire".
- Pagan_Kingdom eventEnd "End of kingdom".
- Pagan_Kingdom eventStart "Founding of Kingdom".
- Pagan_Kingdom governmentType "Monarchy".
- Pagan_Kingdom hasPhotoCollection Pagan_Kingdom.
- Pagan_Kingdom image "Ananda-Bagan-Myanmar-30-gje.jpg".
- Pagan_Kingdom image "Ananda-Bagan-Myanmar-34-gje.jpg".
- Pagan_Kingdom image "Ananda-Bagan-Myanmar-35-gje.jpg".
- Pagan_Kingdom image "Ananda-Bagan-Myanmar-38-gje.jpg".
- Pagan_Kingdom image "Bagan-Bu-Paya.JPG".
- Pagan_Kingdom image "BawbawgyiPaya.jpg".
- Pagan_Kingdom image "Dhamma-Yazaka.JPG".
- Pagan_Kingdom image "Lawkananda-Dec-2000-01.JPG".
- Pagan_Kingdom image "Mingalazedi-Bagan-Myanmar-02-gje.jpg".
- Pagan_Kingdom image "Myazedi-Inscription-Burmese.JPG".
- Pagan_Kingdom image "Myazedi-Inscription-Mon.JPG".
- Pagan_Kingdom image "Myazedi-Inscription-Pali.JPG".
- Pagan_Kingdom image "Myazedi-Inscription-Pyu.JPG".
- Pagan_Kingdom image "Shwezigon.JPG".
- Pagan_Kingdom imageMap "Pagan Empire -- Sithu II.PNG".
- Pagan_Kingdom imageMapCaption "Pagan Empire circa 1210.".
- Pagan_Kingdom imageMapCaption "Pagan Empire during Sithu II's reign. Burmese chronicles also claim Kengtung and Chiang Mai. Core areas shown in darker yellow. Peripheral areas in light yellow. Pagan incorporated key ports of Lower Burma into its core administration by the 13th century.".
- Pagan_Kingdom leader Alaungsithu.
- Pagan_Kingdom leader Anawrahta.
- Pagan_Kingdom leader Kyansittha.
- Pagan_Kingdom leader Narapatisithu.
- Pagan_Kingdom leader Narathihapate.
- Pagan_Kingdom legislature Assembly_of_the_Union.
- Pagan_Kingdom p "Lemro dynasty".
- Pagan_Kingdom p "Mon city-states".
- Pagan_Kingdom p "Pyu city-states".
- Pagan_Kingdom region "South-East Asia".
- Pagan_Kingdom religion Animism.
- Pagan_Kingdom religion Mahayana.
- Pagan_Kingdom religion Theravada.
- Pagan_Kingdom s "Hanthawaddy Kingdom".
- Pagan_Kingdom s "Lemro dynasty".
- Pagan_Kingdom s "Myinsaing Kingdom".
- Pagan_Kingdom s "Shan States".
- Pagan_Kingdom statPop "1.5".
- Pagan_Kingdom statYear "c. 1210".
- Pagan_Kingdom status "Kingdom".
- Pagan_Kingdom width "100".
- Pagan_Kingdom width "145".
- Pagan_Kingdom width "160".
- Pagan_Kingdom width "80".
- Pagan_Kingdom width "95".
- Pagan_Kingdom yearEnd "1297".
- Pagan_Kingdom yearLeader "1044".
- Pagan_Kingdom yearLeader "1084".
- Pagan_Kingdom yearLeader "1113".
- Pagan_Kingdom yearLeader "1174".
- Pagan_Kingdom yearLeader "1256".
- Pagan_Kingdom yearStart "849".
- Pagan_Kingdom subject Category:1297_disestablishments.
- Pagan_Kingdom subject Category:History_of_Burma.