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MARTABAN

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 784 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MARTABAN , a See also:

town in the See also:Thaton See also:district of See also:Lower See also:Burma, on the right See also:bank of the See also:Salween, opposite See also:Moulmein. It is said to have been founded in A.D. 573, by the first See also:king of See also:Pegu, and was once the See also:capital of a powerful See also:Talaing See also:kingdom; but it is now little more than a See also:village. Martaban is frequently mentioned by See also:European voyagers of the 16th See also:century; and it has given the name of " Martavans " to a class of large vessels of glazed pottery, also known in See also:India as " Pegu jars." It was twice captured by the See also:British, in 1824 and 1852. The See also:Bay of Martaban receives the See also:rivers See also:Irrawaddy and Salween.

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