Pegu

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Pegu is an important historical city in Lower Myanmar that once served as the political and cultural center of the Mon people and a major hub of regional trade and Buddhism.

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Pegu canonical 26

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former capital city ⓘ
historical city ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Bago ⓘ
Hanthawaddy ⓘ
linked to: Hanthawaddy Kingdom

Pegu City ⓘ
associatedEthnicGroup Bamar people ⓘ
linked to: Bamar

Mon people ⓘ
country Myanmar ⓘ
culturalRole center of Buddhist learning ⓘ
center of Mon language and culture ⓘ
flourishedInCentury 15th century ⓘ
16th century ⓘ
hasHeritage Mon Buddhist architecture ⓘ
Mon literary tradition ⓘ
historicalCapitalOf Hanthawaddy Kingdom ⓘ
Mon Kingdom of Hanthawaddy ⓘ
linked to: Hanthawaddy Kingdom
historicalNameOf Bago ⓘ
historicalRegion Mon State cultural area ⓘ
knownFor Buddhist monasteries ⓘ
craft production ⓘ
pagodas ⓘ
regional maritime trade ⓘ
rice trade ⓘ
locatedIn Bago Region ⓘ
Lower Myanmar ⓘ
linked to: southern Myanmar
locatedNear Bago River ⓘ
locatedNortheastOf Yangon ⓘ
modernStatus historical name of the present-day city of Bago ⓘ
politicalRole administrative center of Lower Myanmar ⓘ
royal capital of Mon kings ⓘ
regionType deltaic plain ⓘ
religion Theravada Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Theravada
servedAs cultural center of the Mon people ⓘ
major center of Theravada Buddhism ⓘ
major hub of regional trade ⓘ
political center of the Mon people ⓘ
strategicFeature access to sea routes via the Bago River and Gulf of Martaban ⓘ
tradedWith Arab merchants ⓘ
Ayutthaya ⓘ
linked to: Ayutthaya Kingdom

China ⓘ
India ⓘ
Malacca ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
tradeNetwork Bay of Bengal trade network ⓘ
Indian Ocean trade network ⓘ
visitedBy Dutch merchants ⓘ
English merchants ⓘ
European traders ⓘ
Portuguese merchants ⓘ

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