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Bagan, the Glossary

Bagan (formerly Pagan) is an ancient city and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Mandalay Region of Myanmar.^[1]

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9th-century establishments in Asia
Buddhist pilgrimage sites in Myanmar
Pagan Kingdom
Populated places established in the 9th century
Tourist attractions in Myanmar
World Heritage Sites in Myanmar

Administrative divisions of Myanmar

Myanmar is divided into 21 administrative divisions, which include seven regions, seven states, one union territory, one self-administered division, and five self-administered zones.

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Alaungsithu

Alaungsithu or Sithu I (အလောင်းစည်သူ; also Cansu I; 1090–1167) was king of Pagan Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1112/13 to 1167.

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Alchemy (from Arabic: al-kīmiyā; from Ancient Greek: χυμεία, khumeía) is an ancient branch of natural philosophy, a philosophical and protoscientific tradition that was historically practised in China, India, the Muslim world, and Europe.

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Amaravathi, Palnadu district

Amaravathi is a village on the banks of the Krishna River, in the Palnadu district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

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Ananda Temple

The Ananda Temple (အာနန္ဒာ ဘုရား), located in Bagan, Myanmar is a Buddhist temple built in 1105 AD during the reign (1084–1112/13) of King Kyansittha(Hti-Hlaing Min) of the Pagan Dynasty. Bagan and Ananda Temple are Buddhist pilgrimage sites in Myanmar and Buddhist temples in Myanmar.

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Anawrahta

Anawrahta Minsaw (အနော်ရထာ မင်းစော,; 11 May 1014 – 11 April 1077) was the founder of the Pagan Empire.

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Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh (abbr. AP) is a state in the southern coastal region of India.

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Arakan Mountains

The Arakan Mountains, natively referred as Rakhine Yoma (ရခိုင်ရိုးမ) and technically known as the Southern Indo-Burman Range, are a mountain range in western Myanmar, between the coast of Rakhine State and the Central Myanmar Basin, in which flows the Irrawaddy River.

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Arimaddana

Arimardanna Pura (အရိမဒ္ဒနာပူရ,; Arimardanapur) is the most famous classical name of the city of Bagan (Pagan), Myanmar.

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Asian Perspectives

Asian Perspectives: The Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific is an academic journal covering the history and prehistory of Asia and the Pacific region.

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Astrology

Astrology is a range of divinatory practices, recognized as pseudoscientific since the 18th century, that propose that information about human affairs and terrestrial events may be discerned by studying the apparent positions of celestial objects.

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Baluster

A baluster is an upright support, often a vertical moulded shaft, square, or lathe-turned form found in stairways, parapets, and other architectural features.

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Bamar people

The Bamar are a Sino-Tibetan-speaking ethnic group native to Myanmar.

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Bawbawgyi Pagoda

Bawbawgyi Pagoda (ဘောဘောကြီး စေတီ) is a Buddhist stupa and one of the oldest Buddhist structures in the history of ancient edifices in Myanmar, located in the Sri Ksetra Archaeological Zone north of the city of Pyay. Bagan and Bawbawgyi Pagoda are Buddhist pilgrimage sites in Myanmar and Buddhist temples in Myanmar.

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Beikthano

Beikthano (ဗိဿနိုး,, also known as Panhtwa city), is situated in the irrigated Magway Region, near present-day Taungdwingyi. Bagan and Beikthano are world Heritage Sites in Myanmar.

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Bodawpaya

Bodawpaya (ဘိုးတော်ဘုရား,; ปดุง; 11 March 1745 – 5 June 1819) was the sixth king of the Konbaung dynasty of Burma.

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Bodh Gaya

Bodh Gayā is a religious site and place of pilgrimage associated with the Mahabodhi Temple complex, situated in the Gaya district in the Indian state of Bihar.

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Buddhism in Myanmar

Buddhism (ဗုဒ္ဓဘာသာ), specifically Theravāda Buddhism (ထေရဝါဒဗုဒ္ဓဘာသာ), is the official and state religion of Myanmar since 1961, and practiced by nearly 90% of the population.

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Buddhist cosmology

Buddhist cosmology is the description of the shape and evolution of the Universe according to Buddhist scriptures and commentaries.

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Buddhist temple

A Buddhist temple or Buddhist monastery is the place of worship for Buddhists, the followers of Buddhism.

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Bupaya Pagoda

Bupaya Pagoda (ဗူးဘုရား) is a notable Buddhist pagoda located in Bagan (formerly Pagan), in Myanmar, at a bend on the right bank of the Ayeyarwady River.

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Burmese chronicles

The royal chronicles of Myanmar (မြန်မာ ရာဇဝင် ကျမ်းများ; also known as Burmese chronicles) are detailed and continuous chronicles of the monarchy of Myanmar (Burma).

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Burmese pagoda

Burmese pagodas are stupas that typically house Buddhist relics, including relics associated with Buddha.

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Cambodia

Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Mainland Southeast Asia.

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Concordia University Nebraska

Concordia University, Nebraska is a private Lutheran university in Seward, Nebraska.

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Dhammayangyi Temple

Dhammayangyi Temple (ဓမ္မရံကြီးဘုရား) is a Buddhist temple located in Bagan, Myanmar. Bagan and Dhammayangyi Temple are Buddhist temples in Myanmar.

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Dhammayazika Pagoda

The Dhammayazika Pagoda (ဓမ္မရာဇိကဘုရား) is a Buddhist temple located in the village of Pwasaw (located east of Bagan) in Myanmar.

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Dry Zone (Myanmar)

The Dry Zone or Anyar (အညာ) is a region of Myanmar located in central Upper Myanmar.

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First Mongol invasion of Burma

The first Mongol invasions of Burma (Burmese: မွန်ဂို–မြန်မာ စစ် (၁၂၇၇–၁၂၈၇); Chinese: 元緬戰爭) were a series of military conflicts between Kublai Khan's Yuan dynasty, a division of the Mongol Empire, and the Pagan Empire that took place between 1277 and 1287.

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Gawdawpalin Temple

The Gawdawpalin Temple (ကန်တော့ပလ္လင်ဘုရား) is a Buddhist temple located in Bagan, Myanmar. Bagan and Gawdawpalin Temple are Buddhist temples in Myanmar.

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Golf course

A golf course is the grounds on which the sport of golf is played.

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Gubyaukgyi Temple (Myinkaba)

The Gubyaukgyi (alt. Kubyauk-gyi) temple, located just south of Bagan, Myanmar, in Myinkaba Village, is a Buddhist temple built in 1113 AD by Prince Yazakumar, shortly after the death of his father, King Kyansittha of the Pagan Dynasty. Bagan and Gubyaukgyi Temple (Myinkaba) are Buddhist temples in Myanmar.

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Hectare

The hectare (SI symbol: ha) is a non-SI metric unit of area equal to a square with 100-metre sides (1 hm2), that is, 10,000 square meters (10,000 m2), and is primarily used in the measurement of land.

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Heho

Heho (ဟဲဟိုး) is a small town in Kalaw Township, Taunggyi District, Shan State of Myanmar (formerly Burma).

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Hti

Hti (ဍိုၚ်; Shan), a Burmese language word meaning umbrella, is the name of the finial ornament that tops almost all Burmese pagodas.

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Htilominlo

Htilominlo (ထီးလိုမင်းလို,; also called Nadaungmya or Zeya Theinkha Uzana; 1175 – 1235) was king of Pagan dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1211 to 1235.

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Htilominlo Temple

Htilominlo Temple (ထီးလိုမင်းလိုဘုရား) is a Buddhist temple located in Bagan (formerly Pagan), in Burma/Myanmar, built during the reign of King Htilominlo (also known as Nandaungmya), 1211–1231. Bagan and Htilominlo Temple are Buddhist temples in Myanmar.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Irrawaddy River

The Irrawaddy River (ဧရာဝတီမြစ်,, Ayeyarwady) is the largest river in Myanmar.

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Jataka tales

The Jātaka (Sanskrit for "Birth-Related" or "Birth Stories") are a voluminous body of literature native to the Indian subcontinent which mainly concern the previous births of Gautama Buddha in both human and animal form.

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Khmer Empire

The Khmer Empire was a Hindu-Buddhist empire in Southeast Asia, centered around hydraulic cities in what is now northern Cambodia.

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Konbaung dynasty

The Konbaung dynasty (ကုန်းဘောင်မင်းဆက်), also known as the Third Burmese Empire (တတိယမြန်မာနိုင်ငံတော်), was the last dynasty that ruled Burma/Myanmar from 1752 to 1885.

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Kunhsaw Kyaunghpyu

Kunhsaw Kyaunghpyu (ကွမ်းဆော် ကြောင်းဖြူ; c. 955–1048) was king of the Pagan Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1001 to 1021.

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Kyansittha

Kyansittha (ကျန်စစ်သား,; also spelt as Kyanzittha or Hti-Hlaing Min; 21 July 1030 – 1112/13) was king of Pagan dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1084 to 1112/13, and is considered one of the greatest Burmese monarchs.

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Kyaung

A kyaung is a monastery (vihara), comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of Buddhist monks.

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Kyiso

Kyiso (ကျဉ်စိုး,; c. 1000–1038) was a king of the Pagan dynasty from 1021 to 1038.

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Lacquerware

Lacquerware are objects decoratively covered with lacquer.

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Laos

Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is the only landlocked country and one of the two Marxist-Leninist states in Southeast Asia.

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Launggyet

Launggyet (လောင်းကြက်မြို့) is a former capital of the Launggyet Dynasty of Arakan from 1237/1251 to 1430.

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Lawkananda Pagoda

Lawkananda Pagoda (လောကနန္ဒာစေတီ;; also spelt Lokananda, literally "joy of the world") is a Buddhist stupa located in Bagan, Burma (formerly Pagan).

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Lidar

Lidar (also LIDAR, LiDAR or LADAR, an acronym of "light detection and ranging" or "laser imaging, detection, and ranging") is a method for determining ranges by targeting an object or a surface with a laser and measuring the time for the reflected light to return to the receiver.

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List of capitals of Myanmar

The current capital of Myanmar (Burma) is Naypyidaw.

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List of Pagodas in Bagan

Bagan (formerly Pagan) is an ancient city and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Myanmar.

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Luang Prabang

Luang Phabang, (Lao: ຫລວງພະບາງ/ຫຼວງພະບາງ) or Louangphabang (pronounced), commonly transliterated into Western languages from the pre-1975 Lao spelling ຫຼວງພຣະບາງ (ຣ.

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Mahabodhi Temple

The Mahabodhi Temple (literally: "Great Awakening Temple") or the Mahābodhi Mahāvihāra, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is an ancient, but restored Buddhist temple in Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India, marking the location where the Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment.

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Mahabodhi Temple, Bagan

The Mahabodhi Temple (မဟာဗောဓိဘုရား) is a Buddhist temple located in Bagan, Myanmar. Bagan and Mahabodhi Temple, Bagan are Buddhist temples in Myanmar.

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Mahayana

Mahāyāna is a term for a broad group of Buddhist traditions, texts, philosophies, and practices developed in ancient India (onwards).

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Maitreya

Maitreya (Sanskrit) or Metteyya (Pali), is a bodhisattva who is regarded as the future Buddha of this world in all schools of Buddhism, prophesied to become Maitreya Buddha or Metteyya Buddha.

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Mandalay

Mandalay is the second-largest city in Myanmar, after Yangon. Bagan and Mandalay are Populated places in Mandalay Region and Township capitals of Myanmar.

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Mandalay Region

Mandalay Region (မန္တလေးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး,; formerly Mandalay Division) is an administrative division of Myanmar.

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Manuha

Manuha (မနူဟာ; မကုတရာဇာ; Old Mon), or Makuta, was the last king of Thaton Kingdom.

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Manuha Temple

Manuha Temple (မနူဟာဘုရား) is a Buddhist temple built in Myinkaba (located near Bagan), by captive Mon King Manuha in 1067, according to King Manuha's inscriptions. Bagan and Manuha Temple are Buddhist pilgrimage sites in Myanmar and Buddhist temples in Myanmar.

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Mekkhaya

Mekkhaya (မက္ခရာ; also spelled Mekkara) is a small town just south of Mandalay, Myanmar. Bagan and Mekkhaya are Populated places in Mandalay Region.

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Michael Aung-Thwin

Michael Aung-Thwin (1946 – August 14, 2021) was a Burmese American historian and emeritus professor at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, specializing in early Southeast Asian and Burmese history.

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Mingalazedi Pagoda

Mingalazedi Pagoda (မင်္ဂလာစေတီ,; also spelt Mingalar Zedi Pagoda) is a Buddhist stupa located in Bagan, Burma.

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Mingun Pahtodawgyi

The Mingun Pahtodawgyi (မင်းကွန်းပုထိုးတော်ကြီး) is an incomplete monument stupa in Mingun, approximately northwest of Mandalay in Sagaing Region in central Myanmar (formerly Burma). Bagan and Mingun Pahtodawgyi are Buddhist pilgrimage sites in Myanmar, Buddhist temples in Myanmar and Tourist attractions in Myanmar.

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Ministry of Information (Myanmar)

The Ministry of Information (ပြန်ကြားရေးဝန်ကြီးဌာန) in Myanmar officially informs the public about government policy plans and implementation and supports improvements to knowledge and education of the public.

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Modified Mercalli intensity scale

The Modified Mercalli intensity scale (MM, MMI, or MCS) measures the effects of an earthquake at a given location.

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Mottama

Mottama (မုတ္တမမြို့,; Muttama မုဟ်တၟံ,; formerly Martaban) is a town in the Thaton District of Mon State, Myanmar.

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Mount Meru

Mount Meru (Sanskrit/Pali: मेरु), also known as Sumeru, Sineru, or Mahāmeru, is the sacred five-peaked mountain of Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist cosmology and is considered to be the centre of all the physical, metaphysical, and spiritual universes.

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Myanmar

Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma (the official name until 1989), is a country in Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has a population of about 55 million. It is bordered by Bangladesh and India to its northwest, China to its northeast, Laos and Thailand to its east and southeast, and the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal to its south and southwest.

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Myanmar Standard Time

Myanmar Standard Time (မြန်မာ စံတော်ချိန်), formerly Burma Standard Time (BST), is the standard time in Myanmar, 6.5 hours ahead of UTC.

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Myazedi inscription

Myazedi inscription (မြစေတီ ကျောက်စာ; also Yazakumar Inscription or the Gubyaukgyi Inscription), inscribed in 1113, is the oldest surviving stone inscription of the Burmese language.

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Myinsaing

Myinsaing (မြင်စိုင်း,; also transliterated as Myinzaing) is a historical site, located in Kyaukse Township, Mandalay Region, Myanmar. Bagan and Myinsaing are Pagan Kingdom and Populated places in Mandalay Region.

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Myinsaing Kingdom

The Myinsaing Kingdom (မြင်စိုင်းခေတ်) was the kingdom that ruled central Burma (Myanmar) from 1297 to 1313.

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Nanpaya Temple

Nanpaya Temple (နန်းဘုရားကျောင်း; lit. "palace temple") is a Hindu temple located in Myinkaba (a village south of Bagan) in Burma.

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Nanzhao

Nanzhao (also spelled Nanchao,, Yi language: ꂷꏂꌅ, Mashynzy) was a dynastic kingdom that flourished in what is now southwestern China and northern Southeast Asia during the 8th and 9th centuries, during the mid/late Tang dynasty.

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Narapatisithu

Narapati Sithu (နရပတိ စည်သူ,; also Narapatisithu, Sithu II or Cansu II; 1138–1211) was king of Pagan dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1174 to 1211.

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Narathihapate

Narathihapate (နရသီဟပတေ့,; also Sithu IV of Pagan; 23 April 1238 – 1 July 1287) was the last king of the Pagan Empire who reigned from 1256 to 1287.

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Narathu

Narathu (နရသူ,; 1118–1171) was king of Pagan dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1167 to 1171.

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Nat (deity)

The nats (နတ်; MLCTS: nat) are god-like spirits venerated in Myanmar and neighbouring countries in conjunction with Buddhism.

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Nathlaung Kyaung Temple

The Nathlaung Kyaung Temple (नात्ह्लैङ क्यौङ, နတ်လှောင်ကျောင်း) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu.

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Northern Illinois University

Northern Illinois University (NIU) is a public research university in DeKalb, Illinois.

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Nyaung U Airport

Nyaung U Airport (ပုဂံညောင်‌ဦးလေဆိပ်) is an airport located in Nyaung-U (or Nyaung Oo), a town in the Mandalay Region, Myanmar.

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Nyaung-U

Nyaung-U (ညောင်ဦးမြို့) is the administrative town of Nyaung-U Township of Nyaung-U District in the Mandalay Region of central Myanmar. Bagan and Nyaung-U are Populated places in Mandalay Region and Township capitals of Myanmar.

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Nyaung-U District

Nyaung-U is a district of Mandalay Region in central Myanmar.

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Old Burmese

Old Burmese was an early form of the Burmese language, as attested in the stone inscriptions of Pagan, and is the oldest phase of Burmese linguistic history.

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Pagan Kingdom

The Kingdom of Pagan (ပုဂံခေတ်,,; also known as the Pagan dynasty and the Pagan Empire; also the Bagan dynasty or Bagan Empire) was the first Burmese kingdom to unify the regions that would later constitute modern-day Myanmar.

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Pagoda festival

Pagoda festivals (ဘုရားပွဲ; paya pwe) are regular festivals found throughout Myanmar that commemorate major religious events in pagoda's history, including the founding of a pagoda and the crowning of the pagoda's hti (umbrella).

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Pali

Pāli, also known as Pali-Magadhi, is a Middle Indo-Aryan liturgical language on the Indian subcontinent.

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Payathonzu Temple

The Payathonzu Temple (ဘုရားသုံးဆူ; literally 'Temple of Three Buddhas') is a Buddhist temple located in the village of Minnanthu (southeast of Bagan) in Burma. Bagan and Payathonzu Temple are Buddhist temples in Myanmar.

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Phonology

Phonology is the branch of linguistics that studies how languages systematically organize their phones or, for sign languages, their constituent parts of signs.

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Pinle

Pinle (ပင်လယ်) is an archaeological excavation site, located in Myittha Township, Mandalay Region, Myanmar. Bagan and Pinle are Populated places in Mandalay Region.

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Potash

Potash includes various mined and manufactured salts that contain potassium in water-soluble form.

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Prosody (linguistics)

In linguistics, prosody is the study of elements of speech that are not individual phonetic segments (vowels and consonants) but which are properties of syllables and larger units of speech, including linguistic functions such as intonation, stress, and rhythm.

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Pyay

Pyay (ပြန်,; also known as Prome and Pyè) is the principal town of Pyay Township in the Bago Region in Myanmar. Bagan and Pyay are Township capitals of Myanmar.

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Pyinbya

Pyinbya (ပျဉ်ပြား,; 817–876) was the king of the Pagan Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) who founded the city of Pagan (Bagan) in 849 CE.

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Pyu city-states

The Pyu city-states (ပျူ မြို့ပြ နိုင်ငံများ) were a group of city-states that existed from about the 2nd century BCE to the mid-11th century in present-day Upper Myanmar (Burma). Bagan and Pyu city-states are world Heritage Sites in Myanmar.

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Pyusawhti

Pyusawhti (ပျူစောထီး,; also Pyuminhti) was a legendary king of Pagan Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar), who according to the Burmese chronicles supposedly reigned from 167 to 242 CE.

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Rail transport in Myanmar

Rail transport in Myanmar consists of a railway network with 960 stations.

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Rosetta Stone

The Rosetta Stone is a stele of granodiorite inscribed with three versions of a decree issued in 196 BC during the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt, on behalf of King Ptolemy V Epiphanes.

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Shaivism

Shaivism (translit-std) is one of the major Hindu traditions, which worships Shiva as the Supreme Being.

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Shwebo

Shwebo (ရွှေဘိုမြို့) is a city in Sagaing Region, Burma, 110 km north-west of Mandalay between the Irrawaddy and the Mu rivers. Bagan and Shwebo are Township capitals of Myanmar.

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Shwegugyi Temple

The Shwegugyi Temple (ရွှေဂူကြီး ဘုရား,; literally, "Great Golden Cave") is a Theravadin Buddhist temple in Bagan, Myanmar. Bagan and Shwegugyi Temple are Buddhist temples in Myanmar.

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Shwesandaw Pagoda (Bagan)

The Shwesandaw Pagoda (ရွှေဆံတော် ဘုရား) is a Buddhist pagoda located in Bagan, Myanmar. Bagan and Shwesandaw Pagoda (Bagan) are Buddhist pilgrimage sites in Myanmar.

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Shwezigon Pagoda

The Shwezigon Pagoda or Shwezigon Paya (ရွှေစည်းခုံဘုရား) is a Buddhist stupa located in Nyaung-U, Myanmar. Bagan and Shwezigon Pagoda are Buddhist pilgrimage sites in Myanmar and Buddhist temples in Myanmar.

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Siem Reap

Siem Reap (សៀមរាប, Siĕm Réab) is the second-largest city of Cambodia, as well as the capital and largest city of Siem Reap Province in northwestern Cambodia.

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Sri Ksetra Kingdom

Sri Ksetra (သရေခေတ္တရာ ပြည်,; Sanskrit: श्री क्षेत्र, lit. 'Field of Fortune'Htin Aung, Maung (1970). Burmese History before 1287: A Defence of the Chronicles. Oxford: The Asoka Society, 8 - 10. or 'Field of Glory'), located along the Irrawaddy River at present-day Hmawza, was once a prominent Pyu settlement. Bagan and Sri Ksetra Kingdom are world Heritage Sites in Myanmar.

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Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, historically known as Ceylon, and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia.

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State Peace and Development Council

The State Peace and Development Council (နိုင်ငံတော် အေးချမ်းသာယာရေး နှင့် ဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေး ကောင်စီ; abbreviated SPDC or) was the official name of the military government of Burma (Myanmar) which, in 1997, succeeded the State Law and Order Restoration Council (နိုင်ငံတော် ငြိမ်ဝပ်ပိပြားမှု တည်ဆောက်ရေးအဖွဲ့; abbreviated SLORC or) that had seized power under the rule of Saw Maung in 1988.

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Stupa

In Buddhism, a stupa (lit) is a mound-like or hemispherical structure containing relics (such as śarīra – typically the remains of Buddhist monks or nuns) that is used as a place of meditation.

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Sulamani Temple

The Sulamani Temple (စူဠာမဏိဘုရား) is a Buddhist temple located in the village of Minnanthu (southwest of Bagan) in Myanmar. Bagan and Sulamani Temple are Buddhist pilgrimage sites in Myanmar and Buddhist temples in Myanmar.

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Tampawaddy

Tampawaddy or Tamrawati(တမ္ပဝတီ,, also spelt Tampavatī, Sanskrit: ताम्बावती Taambavatee) is a classical name of the city of Bagan (Pagan), Myanmar.

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Tharabha Gate

The Tharabha Gate (သရပါ တံခါး,; also spelled Sarabha or Tharaba) is the only surviving gate of Bagan (Pagan).

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Thatbyinnyu Temple

The Thatbyinnyu Temple (သဗ္ဗညု ဘုရား,; Sabbannu or "the Omniscient") is a Theravadin Buddhist temple in Bagan (Pagan), Myanmar. Bagan and Thatbyinnyu Temple are Buddhist pilgrimage sites in Myanmar and Buddhist temples in Myanmar.

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Theravada

Theravāda ('School of the Elders') is the most commonly accepted name of Buddhism's oldest existing school.

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Theravāda Abhidhamma

The Theravāda Abhidhamma is a scholastic systematization of the Theravāda school's understanding of the highest Buddhist teachings (Abhidhamma).

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Thiri Pyissaya

Thiri Pyissaya (သီရိပစ္စယာ,; also spelled Siripaccaya, Sanskrit: श्रीप्रत्यय Śripratyaya) is a classical name of the city of Bagan, Myanmar.

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Tourism

Tourism is travel for pleasure, and the commercial activity of providing and supporting such travel.

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Tourism in Myanmar

Tourism in Myanmar (also known as Burma) is a developing sector.

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UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.

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University of Cape Town

The University of Cape Town (UCT)(Universiteit van Kaapstad, iYunivesithi yaseKapa) is a public research university in Cape Town, South Africa.

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University of Sydney

The University of Sydney (USYD) is a public research university in Sydney, Australia.

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Vaishnavism

Vaishnavism (translit-std) is one of the major Hindu denominations along with Shaivism, Shaktism, and Smartism.

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Vajrayana

Vajrayāna (वज्रयान; 'vajra vehicle'), also known as Mantrayāna ('mantra vehicle'), Mantranāya ('path of mantra'), Guhyamantrayāna ('secret mantra vehicle'), Tantrayāna ('tantra vehicle'), Tantric Buddhism, and Esoteric Buddhism, is a Buddhist tradition of tantric practice that developed in Medieval India and spread to Tibet, Nepal, other Himalayan states, East Asia, parts of Southeast Asia and Mongolia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagan

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See also

9th-century establishments in Asia

Buddhist pilgrimage sites in Myanmar

Pagan Kingdom

Populated places established in the 9th century

Tourist attractions in Myanmar

World Heritage Sites in Myanmar

References