Far East Kingdoms

Pagan (First Burmese Empire)
AD 1044 - 1287

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Capital: Pagan.

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(Information by John De Cleene, with additional information by Peter Kessler, from the John De Cleene Archive, from Strange Parallels: Southeast Asia in Global Context, c.800-1830, Volume 1, Victor B Lieberman (2003), from Early civilizations of Southeast Asia, Dougald J W O'Reilly (2007), from The River of Lost Footsteps: A Personal History of Burma, Myint-U Thant (Faber and Faber, 2008), and from External Links: Myanmar's Royal Legacy (The Diplomat), and Myanmar (World Statesmen).)

1187

The Tibeto-Burmese Chutiya kings emerge on the north bank of the River Brahmaputra in north-eastern Assam and parts of Arunachal Pradesh.

1277 - 1278

Burma is invaded by the Mongols, and a puppet government is installed. Whilst it is a victory, it is far from the total conquest and domination which previous Mongol great khans would have expected. Even so it opens up the country to the formation of an assortment of principalities which are governed by Thai chiefs.

1297

Prince Tribhuvanaditya requests help from the Yuan emperor to repel the Shan. Emperor Temur dispatches a force which successfully achieves this.