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Conflict South Asia

Pagan Empire Wars

1044 CE – 1287 CE · 243 years

Burma's first unified kingdom conquered the Mon and Arakanese peoples, building thousands of temples at Bagan before the Mongol invasion shattered the empire.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Pagan Kingdom of Burma
  • Mon kingdoms, Arakanese, Mongol Yuan dynasty

Key moments

Defining events in the Pagan Empire Wars.

  1. 1057 Conquest of Thaton
  2. 1277 Battle of Ngasaunggyan
  3. 1287 Fall of Pagan to Mongols

Elsewhere in South Asia at the time

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Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1044 CE and 1287 CE.

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