History Of Bagan, Myanmar

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History Of Bagan, Myanmar
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• Bagan is plain in the central part of Myanmar,
  covering an area of the country, which measures
  approximately 16 square miles along the eastern
  shore of the Irrawaddy. Monuments, which are
  currently in all stages of decomposition were
  erected especially from the 11th to 13th century
  BC, when Bagan was the residence of the Myanmar
  dynasty. Tradition are local chronicles, said
  that the long list of fifty-five kings ruled over
  this kingdom during for twelve centuries.

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• King Pyinbya was the builder of the city walls of
  Bagan today. King Pyinbya was the 34th King
  Dynasty, who in 874 AD He moved the capital from
  Tampawaddy, now known as Pwasato. The latter was
  built Thaiktaing, the 12th King and had two other
  capitals, namely Thiripyitsaya , built
  Thelegyaung, the 7th Paukkan King and built
  Thamudrit, founder of the dynasty in 108 AD.

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• But the real story of the dynasty with the
  support of epigraphic evidence begins only
  Anawrahta kingdom (1044-1077 BC). Anawrahta
  conquered Thaton in 1057 and brought back to the
  capital in the Theravada Pali scriptures, a large
  number of Buddhist monks, as well as the artists
  and craftsmen of all kinds. From the monks of
  Mont Bagan received their alphabet, religion and
  scriptures. With this significant date of the
  extraordinary architectural and artistic activity
  that in a little over two centuries, covered the
  city and surrounding areas with thousands of
  magnificent monuments of all types and sizes of
  steel, the inner walls of the majority of which
  are decorated with amazing frescoes.

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• The square temples dominated by the influence Mon
  distinguished by their dark hallways are dimly
  lit by perforated windows and fresh bright color
  mottled with Mon writing on the walls. The
  temples of Bagan typical style are bright and
  spacious inside, with which the plan is
  established and height. But there are also some
  temples with intermediate forms.

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• The end of the thirteenth century witnessed the
  fall of Bagan Dynasty. Thousands of pagodas were
  stripped invaders and vandals, and the king, who
  defected from the Chinese, who are believed to
  have dismantled a large number of sites in order
  to collect materials for the construction of the
  fort.

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• Since then, the great mass of religious buildings
  were abandoned and ruin, and we do not see today
  over a hundred magnificent monuments, which
  attract and hold the attention and since its
  founding, have remained as places of worship. If
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