Pyu city-states

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ancient civilization archaeological culture city-state historical polity

The Pyu city-states were a group of early urbanized Buddhist polities in present-day Myanmar that played a foundational role in the region’s culture, writing, and state formation before being absorbed by later Burmese kingdoms.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Pyu 1
Pyu Ancient Cities 1
Pyu ancient cities 1

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient civilization ⓘ
archaeological culture ⓘ
city-state ⓘ
historical polity ⓘ
capital Sri Ksetra NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDecline Nanzhao raids ⓘ
absorption by Bamar polities ⓘ
conflictWith Nanzhao Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Myanmar ⓘ
culture Buddhist culture ⓘ
economy long-distance trade ⓘ
wet-rice agriculture ⓘ
endTime circa 9th century CE ⓘ
ethnicGroup Pyu people NERFINISHED ⓘ
flourishedInPeriod 1st millennium CE ⓘ
followed Indianized state model ⓘ
followedBy Bamar kingdoms NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pagan Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart Ayadawkye NERFINISHED ⓘ
Beikthano NERFINISHED ⓘ
Binnaka NERFINISHED ⓘ
Halin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Maingmaw NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nyaunggan NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sri Ksetra NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSite Pyu Ancient Cities NERFINISHED ⓘ
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
influenced Bamar culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Burmese writing system ⓘ
state formation in Myanmar ⓘ
knownFrom Chinese chronicles ⓘ
inscriptions ⓘ
language Pyu language NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Irrawaddy River basin ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
Upper Myanmar NERFINISHED ⓘ
present-day Myanmar ⓘ
partOf early states of mainland Southeast Asia ⓘ
politicalStructure city-state confederation ⓘ
precededBy Neolithic cultures of Myanmar ⓘ
religion Buddhism ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
Mahayana Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Theravada ⓘ
surface form: Theravada Buddhism
religiousStructure monasteries ⓘ
stupas ⓘ
startTime circa 2nd century BCE ⓘ
tradeWith China NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dvaravati NERFINISHED ⓘ
India NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mon polities ⓘ
UNESCOSite Pyu Ancient Cities NERFINISHED ⓘ
UNESCOSiteComponent Beikthano NERFINISHED ⓘ
Halin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sri Ksetra NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedScript Brahmi-derived script ⓘ
Pyu script NERFINISHED ⓘ
writingSystem Pyu script NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Pagan Kingdom → precededBy → Pyu city-states ⓘ
Pyay → isGatewayTo → Pyu city-states ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pyu ancient cities
Pyay → hasNearbyWorldHeritageSite → Pyu city-states ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pyu Ancient Cities
Pyay → associatedWithAncientCulture → Pyu city-states ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pyu