Continuation and Division of the Pagan Kingdom

Timeline

1. 1205Bagan · MyanmarPagan still took as its cultural core the Theravada Buddhism and Mon script tradition promoted by Anawrahta, and the stupa-filled royal city sustained the ideology of a Buddhist kingdom.
2. 1205–1210Pagan royal city · MyanmarKing Narapatisithu (r. 1174–1211) continued building stupas and reforming the sangha, superficially preserving imperial unity, but royal control over localities and the temple economy was already weaker than in the founding era.
3. 1208–1210Irrawaddy River basin · MyanmarThe expansion of tax-exempt monastic land eroded the royal tax base, while local chiefs and frontier powers such as the Mon and Shan grew increasingly alienated, laying the groundwork for the collapse of the Pagan Empire in the mid-13th century.