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Bagan
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Bagan

📷 Vyacheslav Argenberg · CC BY 4.0

Where in the world

Myanmar (Burma)

The site

Bagan is an ancient city on the plains of Myanmar's Mandalay Region and a World Heritage candidate, capital of the Pagan Kingdom that first unified the lands that would become Myanmar. At its height between the 11th and 13th centuries, more than 10,000 Buddhist temples, pagodas and monasteries rose across the plain. The remains of over 2,200 of them still stand today, a field of brick spires that anchors the country's tourism.

Field notes

civilizations
Pagan (Burma)
types
City
built
200 CE
occupied
200 CE — 1,300 CE
country
Myanmar (Burma)

See it in 3D

3D capture Bagan Eim Ya Kyaung photogrammetry scan Miguel Bandera ↗
3D capture Bagan - Khayiminga temples area Miguel Bandera ↗
3D capture Bagan temple aerial scan Miguel Bandera ↗

Figures of this place

Laid to rest, born or died at Bagan

Anawrahta
Anawrahtaborn herefounder of the Pagan Empire
Alaungsithu
Alaungsithuborn hereKing of Pagan Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1112/1113 to 1168
Narathu
Narathuborn hereKing of Burma
Kyaswa
Kyaswaborn hereKing of Burma
Narapatisithu
Narapatisithuborn hereKing of Burma
Kunhsaw Kyaunghpyu
Kunhsaw Kyaunghpyuborn hereking of Pagan
Naratheinkha
Naratheinkhaborn hereKing of Burma
Htilominlo
Htilominloborn hereBurmese monarch

Chronicle

What happened at Bagan

  1. 1,287 CEBattle of Pagan

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