Pegu region

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Pegu region is a historical area in Lower Myanmar centered on the city of Bago, known as a former Mon kingdom heartland and an important political and cultural center in Burmese history.

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Label Occurrences
Pegu region canonical 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region ⓘ
centeredOn Bago ⓘ
coastalProximity Gulf of Martaban ⓘ
contains Shwemawdaw Pagoda ⓘ
city of Bago ⓘ
linked to: Bago
country Myanmar ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Bago region ⓘ
linked to: Bago Region
hasClimate tropical monsoon climate ⓘ
hasFormerName Pegu ⓘ
hasHeritageSites ancient Mon religious sites ⓘ
historic city of Bago ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance Mon-Burmese cultural interaction ⓘ
formation of early Burmese states ⓘ
historicalCapital Bago ⓘ
historicalEconomyBasedOn rice cultivation ⓘ
riverine trade ⓘ
historicallyAssociatedWith Mon kingdom ⓘ
Mon people ⓘ
isHeartlandOf Mon culture in Lower Myanmar ⓘ
knownFor Buddhist monuments ⓘ
Mon cultural heritage ⓘ
role in Burmese history ⓘ
languageHistoricallySpoken Burmese ⓘ
Mon ⓘ
locatedIn Lower Myanmar ⓘ
Southeast Asia ⓘ
modernAdministrativeSuccessor Bago Region of Myanmar ⓘ
partOf Burma ⓘ
linked to: Myanmar

Irrawaddy River delta region ⓘ
linked to: Irrawaddy Delta

Myanmar ⓘ
playedRoleIn regional maritime trade networks ⓘ
spread of Theravada Buddhism in Lower Myanmar ⓘ
religionHistoricallyDominant Theravada Buddhism ⓘ
linked to: Theravada
traversedBy Bago River ⓘ
wasColonialAdministrativeAreaWithin British Burma ⓘ
linked to: Burma (until 1937)
wasContestedBy Burmese kingdoms ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Burma

Mon polities ⓘ
wasCulturalCenterOf Mon kingdom ⓘ
wasImportantIn precolonial Burmese politics ⓘ
trade between coastal and interior Burma ⓘ
wasIncorporatedInto Konbaung Dynasty ⓘ
Toungoo Dynasty ⓘ
wasKnownAs Pegu in colonial-era English sources ⓘ
wasPoliticalCenterOf Mon kingdom ⓘ

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

Middle Mon → region → Pegu region ⓘ