Flourishing of the Pagan Dynasty

Name: Flourishing of the Pagan Dynasty
Start: 1081
End: 1090

Type Event Region Southeast Asia Time 1081–1090

In the 1080s, Myanmar's Pagan dynasty under King Kyansittha entered its zenith, becoming an important political and religious center of Southeast Asi…

Timeline

1084Pagan · MyanmarKyansittha inherited the Pagan throne in 1084, ending the preceding turmoil of succession changes and beginning a reign of nearly thirty years, marking the Pagan dynasty's entry into a new period of prosperity.
1085–1090Middle Irrawaddy · MyanmarKyansittha vigorously built pagodas and monasteries, promoted Theravada Buddhism, and integrated Mon, Pyu, and other ethnic groups through marriage and administrative means, consolidating Pagan's rule over the Irrawaddy basin; the prototype of Pagan's 'city of a thousand pagodas' took shape rapidly in this period.

Sources

Pagan https://www.britannica.com/place/Pagan-Myanmar
The River of Lost Footsteps: Histories of Burma — Thant Myint-U (2006)