Pagan Empire

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Burmese kingdom historical state medieval kingdom

The Pagan Empire was a powerful medieval Burmese kingdom centered on the city of Bagan that unified much of present-day Myanmar and fostered a flourishing of Theravada Buddhism and temple architecture between the 11th and 13th centuries.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Pagan Dynasty	2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Burmese kingdom ⓘ historical state ⓘ medieval kingdom ⓘ
alternateName	Bagan Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Burmese temple architecture ⓘ
capital	Bagan NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDecline	Mongol invasions ⓘ internal fragmentation ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
country	Myanmar ⓘ
currency	cowrie shells ⓘ
economy	irrigated agriculture ⓘ
endTime	13th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Bamar NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy	Myinsaing Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ Pinya Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ Sagaing Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentType	monarchy ⓘ
hasCapital	Pagan NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	later Burmese kingdoms ⓘ spread of Theravada Buddhism in mainland Southeast Asia ⓘ
influencedBy	Mon kingdoms NERFINISHED ⓘ Sri Lankan Theravada Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	extensive temple construction at Bagan ⓘ flourishing of Theravada Buddhism ⓘ unification of much of present-day Myanmar ⓘ
language	Old Burmese NERFINISHED ⓘ Pali ⓘ
locatedIn	Irrawaddy River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeast Asia ⓘ
mainCrop	rice ⓘ
nativeName	ပုဂံခေတ် NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableRuler	Alaungsithu NERFINISHED ⓘ Anawrahta NERFINISHED ⓘ Kyansittha NERFINISHED ⓘ Narathihapate NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	history of Myanmar ⓘ
precededBy	Pagan Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Hinduism ⓘ Mahayana Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ Theravada ⓘ surface form: Theravada Buddhism animism ⓘ
significantSite	Bagan Archaeological Zone NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	11th century ⓘ
timePeriod	Middle Ages ⓘ
unified	Upper Myanmar NERFINISHED ⓘ parts of Lower Myanmar ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Pagan Kingdom → alsoKnownAs → Pagan Empire ⓘ

Kingdom of Burma → significantDynasty → Pagan Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pagan Dynasty

Bagan temples → builtUnderDynasty → Pagan Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pagan Dynasty