PAGAN  , a See also:

• TOWN

town and former See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital, in See also:

• MYINGYAN

Myingyan See also:

• DISTRICT

district, Upper See also:

• BURMA

Burma, 92 M . S.W. of See also:

• MANDALAY

Mandalay . It was founded by See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King Pyinbya in 847, and remained the capital until the extinction of the See also:

• DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

dynasty in 1298 . Pagan itself is now a See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere See also:

• VILLAGE

village, but hundreds of pagodas in various stages of decay meet the See also:

• EYE
• EYE (O. Eng. edge, Ger. Auge; derived from an Indo-European root also seen in Lat. oc-ulus, the organ of vision (q.v.)

eye in every direction . The See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority of them were built by King Anawra-hta, who overcame the Peguan king, Manuha of See also:

• THATON

Thaton . It was Anawra-hta who introduced the Buddhist See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion in Upper Burma, and who carried off nearly the whole Thaton See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population to build the pagodas at Pagan on the See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model of the Thaton originals . Many of these are of the highest architectural See also:

• INTEREST

interest, besides being in themselves most imposing structures . Pagan is still a popular See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of Buddhist See also:

• PILGRIMAGE (Fr. pelerinage, Lat. peregrinatio)

pilgrimage, and a museum has been built for the See also:

• EXHIBITION

exhibition of antiquities found in the neighbourhood . The population in 1901 was 6254 .