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PAGAN , a See also:town and former See also:capital, in See also:Myingyan See also:district, Upper See also:Burma, 92 M. S.W. of See also:Mandalay. It was founded by See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
King Pyinbya in 847, and remained the capital until the extinction of the See also:dynasty in 1298. Pagan itself is now a See also:mere See also:village, but hundreds of pagodas in various stages of decay meet the See also:eye in every direction. The See also:majority of them were built by King Anawra-hta, who overcame the Peguan king, Manuha of See also:Thaton. It was Anawra-hta who introduced the Buddhist See also:religion in Upper Burma, and who carried off nearly the whole Thaton See also:population to build the pagodas at Pagan on the See also:model of the Thaton originals. Many of these are of the highest architectural See also:interest, besides being in themselves most imposing structures. Pagan is still a popular See also:place of Buddhist See also:pilgrimage, and a museum has been built for the See also:exhibition of antiquities found in the neighbourhood. The population in 1901 was 6254.
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