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Bago, Myanmar

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Bago (formerly spelt Pegu;,; ဗဂေါ), formerly known as Hanthawaddy (meaning "She Who Has Swans"), is a city and the capital of the Bago Region in Myanmar. [1]

66 relations: Administrative divisions of Myanmar, Alaungpaya, Anaukpetlun, António Correia (admiral), Arthur Purves Phayre, Bagan, Bago Region, Bamar people, Basic Education High School No. 1 Bago, Binnya U, Bodawpaya, British Empire, British rule in Burma, Buddhism, Buddhist calendar, Burmese calendar, Burmese chronicles, Burmese Indians, Burmese–Siamese War (1594–1605), Chinese people in Myanmar, Creek (tidal), Dhammazedi, Diogo Lopes de Sequeira, Donwun, Forty Years' War, Gasparo Balbi, Hamsa (bird), Hanthawaddy Kingdom, Hinthada, Insein Township, Inwa, Irrawaddy River, Kalyani Ordination Hall, Kanbawzathadi Palace, Karen people, Kingdom of Ava, Kochi, Kyaikpun Buddha, List of capitals of Myanmar, List of governors of Portuguese India, Lower Myanmar, Mahazedi Pagoda, Minye Thihathu II of Toungoo, Mon language, Myanmar, Myanmar Standard Time, Nanda Bayin, Pagan Kingdom, Pegu Range, Rakhine State, ..., Razadarit, Razadarit Ayedawbon, Reclining Buddha, Restored Hanthawaddy Kingdom, Second Anglo-Burmese War, Shan people, Shin Sawbu, Shwemawdaw Pagoda, Shwethalyaung Buddha, Slapat Rajawan, Tabodwe, Taungoo, Theravada, Yangon, Yangon River, Zabu Kun-Cha. Expand index (16 more) »

Administrative divisions of Myanmar

Myanmar is divided into twenty-one administrative subdivisions, which include: The regions were called divisions prior to August 2010, and five of them are named after their capital city, the exceptions being Ayeyarwady Region and Tanintharyi Region.

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Alaungpaya

Alaungpaya (အလောင်းဘုရား,; also spelled Alaunghpaya or Alaung Phra; 11 May 1760) was the founder of the Konbaung Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar).

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Anaukpetlun

Anaukpetlun (အနောက်ဖက်လွန်; 21 January 1578 – 9 July 1628) was the sixth king of Taungoo Burma and was largely responsible for restoring the kingdom after it collapsed at the end of 16th century.

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António Correia (admiral)

António Correia (c. 1487 - 1566) was a Portuguese commander who in 1521 conquered Bahrain, beginning eighty years of Portuguese rule in the Persian Gulf.

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Arthur Purves Phayre

Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Purves Phayre (7 May 1812 – 14 December 1885) was a career British Indian Army officer who was the first Commissioner of British Burma, 1862–1867, Governor of Mauritius, 1874–1878, and author.

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Bagan

Bagan (formerly Pagan) is an ancient city located in the Mandalay Region of Myanmar.

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Bago Region

Bago Region (ပဲခူးတိုင်းဒေသကြီး,; formerly Pegu Division and Bago Division) is an administrative region of Myanmar, located in the southern central part of the country.

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Bamar people

The Bamar (also historically the Burmese and Burmans) are the dominant ethnic group in Myanmar.

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Basic Education High School No. 1 Bago

Basic Education High School No.

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Binnya U

Binnya U (ဗညာဥူ; ဗညားဦး,; also known as Hsinbyushin; 1323–1384) was king of Martaban–Hanthawaddy from 1348 to 1384.

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Bodawpaya

Bodawpaya (ဘိုးတော်ဘုရား,; ปดุง; 11 March 1745 – 5 June 1819) was the sixth king of the Konbaung Dynasty of Burma.

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British Empire

The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states.

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British rule in Burma

British rule in Burma, also known as British Burma, lasted from 1824 to 1948, from the Anglo-Burmese wars through the creation of Burma as a Province of British India to the establishment of an independently administered colony, and finally independence.

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Buddhism

Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 million followers, or over 7% of the global population, known as Buddhists.

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Buddhist calendar

The Buddhist calendar is a set of lunisolar calendars primarily used in mainland Southeast Asian countries of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Thailand as well as in Sri Lanka and Chinese populations of Malaysia and Singapore for religious or official occasions.

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Burmese calendar

The Burmese calendar (မြန်မာသက္ကရာဇ်,, or ကောဇာသက္ကရာဇ်,; Burmese Era (BE) or Myanmar Era (ME)) is a lunisolar calendar in which the months are based on lunar months and years are based on sidereal years.

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Burmese chronicles

The royal chronicles of Myanmar (မြန်မာ ရာဇဝင် ကျမ်းများ; also known as Burmese chronicles) are detailed and continuous chronicles of the monarchy of Myanmar (Burma).

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Burmese Indians

Burmese Indians are a group of people of Indian origin who live in Burma.

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Burmese–Siamese War (1594–1605)

The Burmese–Siamese War (1594–1605) (ယိုးဒယား-မြန်မာစစ် (၁၅၄၈); งครามพม่า-สยาม.. or สงครามสยามรุกรานพม่า, lit. "Siam invasion of Burma") was the war fought between the Toungoo Dynasty of Burma and the Ayutthaya Kingdom of Siam.

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Chinese people in Myanmar

The Chinese people in Burma, Burmese Chinese, Tayoke or Sino-Burmese (မြန်မာတရုတ်လူမျိုး) are a group of overseas Chinese born or raised in Burma (Myanmar).

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Creek (tidal)

A tidal creek, tidal channel, or estuary is the portion of a stream that is affected by ebb and flow of ocean tides, in the case that the subject stream discharges to an ocean, sea or strait.

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Dhammazedi

Dhammazedi (ဓမ္မစေတီ,; c. 1409–1492) was the 16th king of the Hanthawaddy Kingdom in Burma from 1471 to 1492.

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Diogo Lopes de Sequeira

D.Diogo Lopes de Sequeira (1465–1530) was a Portuguese fidalgo, sent to analyze the trade potential in Madagascar and Malacca, he arrived at Malacca on 11 September 1509.

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Donwun

Donwun (ဒုန်ဝန်းမြို့), located near Mottama is a former capital of Hanthawaddy Kingdom.

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Forty Years' War

The Forty Years' War (အနှစ်လေးဆယ်စစ်; 1385 – 1424; also Ava-Pegu War or the Mon-Burmese War) was a military conflict fought between the Burmese-speaking Kingdom of Ava and the Mon-speaking Kingdom of Hanthawaddy Pegu.

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Gasparo Balbi

Gasparo Balbi was an Italian jeweller, merchant, and author from Venice, who is best known for his account of his travels to India and the East from 1579–1588.

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Hamsa (bird)

The hamsa (Sanskrit: हंस, or hansa) is an aquatic bird of passage, such as a goose or a swan.

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Hanthawaddy Kingdom

The Hanthawaddy Kingdom (ဟံသာဝတီ နေပြည်တော်;,; also Hanthawaddy Pegu or simply Pegu) was the dominant kingdom that ruled lower Burma (Myanmar) from 1287 to 1539 and from 1550 to 1552.

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Hinthada

Hinthada (ဟင်္သာတမြို့; formerly Henzada) is a city located on the Irrawaddy River in Ayeyarwady Region, Burma (Myanmar).

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Insein Township

Insein Township (အင်းစိန်မြို့နယ်) is located in northern Yangon.

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Inwa

Inwa or Ava (or; also spelled Innwa), located in Mandalay Region, Burma (Myanmar), is an ancient imperial capital of successive Burmese kingdoms from the 14th to 19th centuries.

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Irrawaddy River

The Irrawaddy River or Ayeyarwady River (also spelt Ayeyarwaddy) is a river that flows from north to south through Myanmar.

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Kalyani Ordination Hall

Kalyāṇī Ordination Hall (Kalyāṇī Sīmā) is a Buddhist ordination hall located in Bago, Myanmar.

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Kanbawzathadi Palace

Kanbawzathadi Palace (ကမ္ဘောဇသာဒီ နန်းတော်) is a palace in Bago, Myanmar.

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Karen people

The Karen, Kayin, Kariang or Yang people (ကညီကလုာ်, ကရင်လူမျိုး,; Per Ploan Poe or Ploan in Pwo Karen and Pwa Ka Nyaw or Kanyaw in Sgaw Karen; กะเหรี่ยง) refer to a number of individual Sino-Tibetan language speaking ethnic groups, many of which do not share a common language or culture.

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Kingdom of Ava

The Ava Kingdom (အင်းဝခေတ်) was the dominant kingdom that ruled upper Burma (Myanmar) from 1364 to 1555.

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Kochi

Kochi, also known as Cochin, is a major port city on the south-west coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea.

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Kyaikpun Buddha

Kyaikpun Pagoda (ကျိုက်ပွန်ဘုရား)(in Mon, Kyaik (Buddha) & Pon (Four), is a pagoda in the Bago Division of Burma, in the city of Bago. Most notably, Kyaik Pun Pagoda is the home to the Four Seated Buddha shrine, a 90 ft (27 m) statue depicting the four Buddhas namely Kakusandha, Konagamana, Kassapa, and Gautama seated in four positions, sitting back to back to four directions. The Four Seated Buddha was built by King Migadippa of Bago in the 7th Century AD (tradition) and renovated by King Dhammazedi in the 15th century AD. Image:KyaikPunBuddha.jpg|Photographs of Kyaik Pun Paya Buddha Category:Buddhist temples in Myanmar.

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List of capitals of Myanmar

The current capital of Myanmar (Burma) is Naypyidaw.

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List of governors of Portuguese India

The government of Portuguese India started in 1505, six years after the discovery of the sea route to India by Vasco da Gama, with the nomination of the first Viceroy Francisco de Almeida, then settled at Kochi.

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Lower Myanmar

Lower Burma (အောက်မြန်မာပြည်, also called Outer Myanmar) is a geographic region of Burma (Myanmar) and includes the low-lying Irrawaddy delta (Ayeyarwady, Bago and Yangon Regions), as well as coastal regions of the country (Rakhine and Mon States and Tanintharyi Region).

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Mahazedi Pagoda

Mahazedi Pagoda (မဟာစေတီ) is a prominent Buddhist pagoda in Bago, Myanmar.

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Minye Thihathu II of Toungoo

Minye Thihathu II of Toungoo (မင်းရဲ သီဟသူ,; c. 6 August 1550 – 11 August 1609) was king of the breakaway kingdom of Toungoo (Taungoo) from 1597 to 1609.

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Mon language

The Mon language (ဘာသာ မန်; မွန်ဘာသာ) is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Mon people, who live in Myanmar and Thailand.

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Myanmar

Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma, is a sovereign state in Southeast Asia.

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Myanmar Standard Time

Myanmar Standard Time (MMT) (မြန်မာ စံတော်ချိန်,; formerly Burma Standard Time (BST)) is the standard time in Myanmar, 6:30 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+06:30).

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Nanda Bayin

Nanda Bayin (နန္ဒဘုရင်,; 9 November 1535 –), was king of Toungoo Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1581 to 1599.

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Pagan Kingdom

The Kingdom of Pagan (ပုဂံခေတ်,, lit. "Pagan Period"; also commonly known as the Pagan Dynasty and the Pagan Empire) was the first kingdom to unify the regions that would later constitute modern-day Burma (Myanmar).

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Pegu Range

The Pegu Range (ပဲခူးရိုးမ, Pegu Yoma or Bago Yoma) is a range of low mountains or hillsSeekins, Donald M. (2006) Historical dictionary of Burma (Myanmar) Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Maryland,, and uplands between the Irrawaddy and the Sittaung River in central Burma (Myanmar).

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Rakhine State

Rakhine State (Rakhine pronunciation;; formerly Arakan) is a state in Myanmar (Burma).

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Razadarit

Razadarit (ရာဇာဓိရာဇ်;,; 1368–1421) was king of Hanthawaddy Pegu from 1384 to 1421.

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Razadarit Ayedawbon

Razadarit Ayedawbon (ရာဇာဓိရာဇ် အရေးတော်ပုံ) is a Burmese chronicle covering the history of Ramanya from 1287 to 1421.

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Reclining Buddha

A reclining Buddha is a statue that represents Buddha lying down and is a major iconographic and statuary pattern of Buddhism.

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Restored Hanthawaddy Kingdom

The Restored Hanthawaddy Kingdom (ဟံသာဝတီ နေပြည်တော်) was the kingdom that ruled Lower Burma and parts of Upper Burma from 1740 to 1757.

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Second Anglo-Burmese War

The Second Anglo-Burmese War or the Second Burma War (ဒုတိယ အင်္ဂလိပ် မြန်မာ စစ်; 5 April 185220 January 1853) was the second of the three wars fought between the Burmese and British forces during the 19th century, with the outcome of the gradual extinction of Burmese sovereignty and independence.

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Shan people

The Shan (တႆး;, ရှမ်းလူမျိုး;; ไทใหญ่ or ฉาน) are a Tai ethnic group of Southeast Asia.

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Shin Sawbu

Shin Sawbu (ရှင်စောပု,; သေဝ်စါဝ်ပေါအ်; 1394–1471) was queen regnant of Hanthawaddy from 1454 to 1471.

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Shwemawdaw Pagoda

The Shwemawdaw Pagoda (ရွှေမောဓော ဘုရား; ကျာ်မုဟ်တ) is a stupa located in Bago, Myanmar.

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Shwethalyaung Buddha

The Shwethalyaung Buddha (ရွှေသာလျှောင်းဘုရား; officially) is a reclining Buddha in the west side of Bago (Pegu), Myanmar.

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Slapat Rajawan

Slapat Rajawan Datow Smin Ron (သုပတ် ရာဇာဝင် ဒတောဝ် သ္ငီ ရောင်; lit. "History of Kings"), more commonly known as Bago Yazawin, is a Mon language chronicle that covers 17 dynasties from the legendary times to the Hanthawaddy period.

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Tabodwe

Tabodwe (တပို့တွဲ) is the eleventh month of the traditional Burmese calendar.

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Taungoo

Taungoo (also spelled Toungoo) is a district-level city in the Bago Region of Myanmar, 220 km from Yangon, towards the north-eastern end of the division, with mountain ranges to the east and west.

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Theravada

Theravāda (Pali, literally "school of the elder monks") is a branch of Buddhism that uses the Buddha's teaching preserved in the Pāli Canon as its doctrinal core.

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Yangon

Yangon (ရန်ကုန်မြို့, MLCTS rankun mrui,; formerly known as Rangoon, literally: "End of Strife") was the capital of the Yangon Region of Myanmar, also known as Burma.

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Yangon River

The Yangon River (also known as the Rangoon River or Hlaing River) is formed by the confluence of the Pegu and Myitmaka rivers in Myanmar.

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Zabu Kun-Cha

The Zabu Kun-Cha (ဇမ္ဗူကွန်ချာ ကျမ်း,; also spelled Zambu Kungya) is a late 14th to early 15th century court treatise on Burmese statecraft and court organization.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bago,_Myanmar

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