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AMARAP *A (" the See also:

city of the gods "), formerly the See also:capital of the Burmese See also:kingdom, now a suburb of See also:Mandalay, See also:Burma, with a. See also:population in 1901 of -9103. The See also:town was founded in 1783 to See also:form a- new capital about 6 in. to the See also:north-See also:east of See also:Ava. It increased rapidly in See also:size and- population, and in 1810 was estimated to contain 170,000 inhabitants;. but in that See also:year the town was destroyed by See also:fire, and this disaster, together with the. removal of the native See also:court to Ava in 1823, caused a decline in the prosperity' of the See also:place. In 1827 its population was estimated at only 3o,000. It suffered severe calamity from an See also:earthquake, which in 1839 destroyed the greater See also:part of the city. ' It was finally abandoned in 186o, when See also:king Mindon occupied Mandalay, 5 or 6 m. farther north. , Amarapura was laid out on much the same See also:plan as Ava. The ruins of the city See also:wall, now overgrown with See also:jungle, show it to have been a square with a See also:side of about three-quarters of a mile in length. At each corner stood a solid See also:brick See also:pagoda about See also:loaf t. high. The most remarkable edifice was a celebrated See also:temple, adorned with 250 lofty pillars of gilt See also:wood, and containing a See also:colossal See also:bronze statue of See also:Buddha. The remains of the former See also:palace of the Burmese monarchs still survive in the centre of the town. During the See also:time of its prosperity Amarapura was defended by a rampart and a-large square citadel, with a broad See also:moat, the walls being 7000 ft. See also:long and 20 ft. high, with a See also:bastion at each corner.

The Burmans know it now as Myohaung, " the old city." It has a station on the See also:

Rangoon-Mandalay railway, and is the junction for the See also:line to See also:Maymyo and the See also:Kunlong See also:ferry and for the See also:Sagaing-See also:Myitkyina railway.

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