| LC control no. | sh2009008439 |
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| Geographic heading | Burma--History--Pagan period, 849-1287 |
| Variant(s) | Bagan period, Burma, 849-1287 Burma--History--Bagan period, 849-1287 Pagan period, Burma, 849-1287 |
| Found in | Burma, a country study, 1983: p. 5 (the earliest verifiable date for Pagan is 849; Pagan Dynasty, 1044-1287; King Anawrahta (1044-77), the founder of the Pagan Dynasty, was the first to bring Lower and Upper Burm under unified rule) p. 7 (Pagan flourished until being destroyed by the Mongol armies of Kublai Khan in 1287) Britannica online, Sept. 28, 2009 (by the mid-9th century, Pagan had emerged as the capital of a powerful kingdom that would unify Myanmar and inaugurate the Burman domination of the country that has continued to the present day; the Burmas established Pagan as their capital city in 849) Wikipedia, Sept. 28, 2009: Myanmar article (Bagan, 1044-1287; the Burmans established a small kingdom centred in Bagan in 849; it was not until the reign of King Anawrahta (1044-1077) that Bagan's influence expanded throughout much of present-day Burma; Bagan's power slowly waned in 13th century; Kublai Khan's Mongol forces invaded northern Burma starting in 1277, and sacked Bagan city itself in 1287; Bagan's over two century reign of Ayeyarwady valley and its periphery was over) Committee on Research Materials on Southeast Asia analysis study, March 20, 2007: suggested heading (Myanmar--History--P(B)agan, 849-1599) |
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