Ancient Bagan: The Home of Thousand Temples and Pagodas
Bagan is a plain in the middle of Myanmar, covering a tract of country measuring about more than 16-square miles along the east bank of the Ayeyarwaddy. The monuments which are now in stages of decay were erected mostly from the 11th to 13th centuries A.D., when Bagan (formerly Pagan) was the seat of the Myanmar dynasty. Tradition carried by the local chronicles, has it that a long line of fifty-five kings ruled over this kingdom during the twelve centuries.
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ANCIENT BAGAN: THE HOME OF THOUSAND TEMPLES AND PAGODAS
PLAIN OF BAGAN
Bagan was the capital of the ancient kings of Bagan, who filled the plain with as many as 2,200 temples and pagodas to earn religious merit during the height of the kingdom. Although less well-known because of the rocky political situation in Myanmar, Bagan easily stands with Angkor and Borobudur as one of the most significant and memorable archeological sites of Southeast Asia.
King Thamudarit (107-152) was the first king and founder of Bagan. King Pyinbya was the builder of the present-day Bagan city wall. King Pyinbya was the 34th king of the dynasty, who in 874 A.D. transferred the capital from Tampawaddy, now known as Pwasato. The latter was built by Thaiktaing, the 12th king, and there were two other capitals, namely, Thiripyitsaya‘ built by Thelegyaung, the 7th king and Paukkan built by Thamudrit, the founder of the dynasty in 108 A.D.
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