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HISTORY & CIVILIZATIONS · 11th–13th C.

Bagan, Myanmar

Bagan was the capital of the first kingdom to unite the regions that make up modern Myanmar. More than 3,500 monuments survive. The target is the Ananda Temple.

Bagan, Myanmar
Photo: Wikimedia Commons

The story, as a puzzle

A plain of temples.
Between the 11th and 13th centuries, kings and nobles raised thousands of Buddhist temples, stupas and monasteries across a plain beside a great river. Pin the city.

Where it is

Bagan, Myanmar · 21.1709, 94.8677

Source: UNESCO World Heritage Centre ↗

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