Pagan Kingdom

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Burmese kingdom empire historical kingdom

The Pagan Kingdom was an early Burmese empire centered on the city of Bagan that unified much of present-day Myanmar and laid the foundations for Bamar culture, language, and Theravada Buddhism in the region.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Pagan Kingdom canonical 17
Bagan Kingdom 1
Pagan Kingdom (as major Burmese power) 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Burmese kingdom ⓘ
empire ⓘ
historical kingdom ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Pagan Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Bagan Kingdom

Pagan Empire ⓘ
capital Bagan temples ⓘ
surface form: Bagan
continent Asia ⓘ
coreCity Bagan temples ⓘ
surface form: Bagan
country Myanmar ⓘ
countryToday Myanmar ⓘ
culturalInfluence establishment of Theravada Buddhism as dominant religion in Burma ⓘ
foundation of Bamar culture ⓘ
standardization of Burmese language ⓘ
currency cowrie shells ⓘ
diplomaticRelations Khmer Empire ⓘ
Song dynasty ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
economy irrigated rice agriculture ⓘ
long-distance trade ⓘ
endTime 1287 ⓘ
late 13th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Bamar ⓘ
followedBy Myinsaing Kingdom ⓘ
Pinya Kingdom ⓘ
Sagaing ⓘ
surface form: Sagaing Kingdom
foundedBy Burman migrants from Nanzhao ⓘ
Pyinbya ⓘ
governmentForm monarchy ⓘ
knownFor Bagan temples ⓘ
surface form: Bagan temple complex

brick stupas and pagodas ⓘ
codification of Burmese customary law ⓘ
language Burmese ⓘ
surface form: Old Burmese
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Upper Burma ⓘ
notableRuler Alaungsithu ⓘ
Anawrahta ⓘ
Kyansittha ⓘ
Narathihapate ⓘ
officialReligion Theravada ⓘ
surface form: Theravada Buddhism
partOf history of Myanmar ⓘ
precededBy Mon kingdoms ⓘ
Pyu city-states ⓘ
region Southeast Asia ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
Mahayana ⓘ
surface form: Mahayana Buddhism

Theravada ⓘ
surface form: Theravada Buddhism

indigenous animism ⓘ
significantEvent Mongol invasions of Burma ⓘ
fall of Bagan in 1287 ⓘ
spread of Theravada Buddhism in Burma ⓘ
unification of Upper Burma ⓘ
startTime 849 ⓘ
9th century ⓘ
writingSystem Burmese script ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bamar → associatedState → Pagan Kingdom ⓘ
Upper Burma → precolonialPolity → Pagan Kingdom ⓘ
India–Southeast Asia → involvedPolity → Pagan Kingdom ⓘ
Indosphere → includesCulture → Pagan Kingdom ⓘ
Burmese people → historicalState → Pagan Kingdom ⓘ
Bama → historicalKingdoms → Pagan Kingdom ⓘ
Pagan Kingdom → alsoKnownAs → Pagan Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bagan Kingdom
Kingdom of Ava → precededBy → Pagan Kingdom ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pagan Kingdom (as major Burmese power)
Pagan → historicalPeriod → Pagan Kingdom ⓘ
Pagan → foundedAsCapitalOf → Pagan Kingdom ⓘ
Thaton → conqueredBy → Pagan Kingdom ⓘ
Martaban → underRuleOf → Pagan Kingdom ⓘ
Thaton Kingdom → culturalInfluenceOn → Pagan Kingdom ⓘ
Thaton Kingdom → conqueredBy → Pagan Kingdom ⓘ
Kingdom of Burma → predecessor → Pagan Kingdom ⓘ
Hanthawaddy Kingdom → predecessor → Pagan Kingdom ⓘ
Dali Kingdom → borderedBy → Pagan Kingdom ⓘ
royal chronicles of Burma → timePeriodCovered → Pagan Kingdom ⓘ
subject surface form: Royal Chronicles of Burma
Bagan temples → builtBy → Pagan Kingdom ⓘ