Anawrahta
Noble person
1015 – 1078
Who was Anawrahta?
Anawrahta Minsaw was the founder of the Pagan Empire. Considered the father of the Burmese nation, Anawrahta turned a small principality in the dry zone of Upper Burma into the first Burmese Empire that formed the basis of modern-day Burma. Historically verifiable Burmese history begins with his accession to the Pagan throne in 1044.
Anawrahta unified the entire Irrawaddy valley for the first time in history, and placed peripheral regions such as the Shan States and Arakan under Pagan's suzerainty. He successfully stopped the advance of Khmer Empire into Tenasserim coastline and into Upper Menam valley, making Pagan one of two main kingdoms in mainland Southeast Asia.
A strict disciplinarian, Anawrahta implemented a series of key social, religious and economic reforms that would have a lasting impact in Burmese history. His social and religious reforms later developed into the modern-day Burmese culture. By building a series of weirs, he turned parched, arid regions around Pagan into the main rice granaries of Upper Burma, giving Upper Burma an enduring economic base from which to dominate the Irrawaddy valley and its periphery in the following centuries.
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- Born
- Mar 8, 1015
Bagan - Also known as
- Anawrahta Minsaw
- Min Saw
- Maha Yaza Thiri Aniruddha Dewa
- Parents
- Spouses
- Pyinsa Kalayani
- Manisanda
( - 1077) - Saw Mon Hla
- Children
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Theravada
- Nationality
- Myanmar
- Died
- Mar 23, 1078
Bagan
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on July 23, 2013
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