Bamar people
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The Bamar people are a Tibeto-Burman-speaking ethnic group native to Myanmar. With an estimated population of around 35 million people, they are the largest ethnic group in Myanmar, accounting for 68.
A Bamar couple in the 1890s
The extent of the 11th century Pagan Empire under Anawrahta
Wet rice cultivation is closely associated with the Bamar.
Old Bagan
Pagan Kingdom
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The Pagan Kingdom, also called Bagan Empire or the First Burmese Empire, was the first Burmese kingdom to unify the regions that would later constitute modern-day Myanmar. Its classical names are Arim
Bamar people
…Bagan). The Bamar gradually settled in the fertile Irrawaddy and Salween river valleys that were home to Pyu city-states, where they established the Pagan Kingdom. Between the 1050s to 1060s, King Anawrahta founded the Pagan Empire, for the first time unifying the Irrawaddy valley and its periphery under one…
The Tharabha Gate at Bagan (Pagan), the only remaining section of the old walls. The main walls are dated to c. 1020 and the earliest pieces of the walls to c. 980.
Statue of King Anawrahta in front of the DSA
The Ananda Temple