Anawrahta

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Burmese monarch King of Pagan founder of empire historical figure

Anawrahta was the 11th-century founder and first great king of the Pagan Empire in Burma, credited with unifying much of the region and establishing Theravada Buddhism as a dominant religion.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Anawrahta of Pagan	1
King Anawrahta	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Burmese monarch ⓘ King of Pagan ⓘ founder of empire ⓘ historical figure ⓘ
birthDate	1014 ⓘ
broughtFromThaton	Mon Buddhist monks ⓘ Pali Buddhist scriptures ⓘ craftsmen ⓘ
built	Shwezigon Pagoda NERFINISHED ⓘ city walls of Pagan ⓘ
capital	Pagan NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath	accident (traditional accounts) ⓘ
child	Sawlu of Pagan NERFINISHED ⓘ
convertedTo	Theravada Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Burma NERFINISHED ⓘ Pagan Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathDate	1077 ⓘ
deathPlace	near Pagan ⓘ
dynasty	Pagan dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	11th century ⓘ
house	House of Pagan NERFINISHED ⓘ
implemented	administrative centralization in Pagan ⓘ irrigation projects in Dry Zone of Burma ⓘ
knownFor	conquests in central Burma ⓘ establishing Theravada Buddhism as dominant in Burma ⓘ founding the Pagan Empire ⓘ patronage of Buddhist scholarship ⓘ unifying Upper Burma ⓘ
legacy	considered the first unifier of Burma ⓘ revered as a model Buddhist king in Burmese chronicles ⓘ
nameInBurmese	အနော်ရထာ NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	conquest of Thaton NERFINISHED ⓘ subjugation of the Mon kingdom of Thaton ⓘ
patronOf	Theravada Buddhist monasteries ⓘ
positionHeld	King of Pagan NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor	Sokkate NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Southeast Asia ⓘ Upper Burma NERFINISHED ⓘ
reignEnd	1077 ⓘ
reignStart	1044 ⓘ
religion	Ari Buddhism NERFINISHED ⓘ Theravada ⓘ surface form: Theravada Buddhism
sourceMention	Burmese royal chronicles NERFINISHED ⓘ inscriptions of Pagan period ⓘ
spouse	Manisanda NERFINISHED ⓘ Saw Mon Hla NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor	Sawlu of Pagan NERFINISHED ⓘ
title	Anawrahta Minsaw NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Pagan → associatedWithRuler → Anawrahta ⓘ

Thaton → conqueredBy → Anawrahta ⓘ

this entity surface form: King Anawrahta

Thaton Kingdom → conqueredBy → Anawrahta ⓘ

this entity surface form: Anawrahta of Pagan

Kingdom of Burma → notableRuler → Anawrahta ⓘ

Pagan Kingdom → notableRuler → Anawrahta ⓘ