Pyu city-states (9th century)

Name: Pyu city-states (9th century)
Start: 801
End: 900

Type Event Region Myanmar Time 801–900

In the 9th century, Pyu city-state confederations on the middle Irrawaddy maintained prosperous agriculture, trade, and Buddhist culture, but faced p…

Timeline

801–850Sri Ksetra · Middle IrrawaddyThe Pyu city-states, based on rice agriculture and Irrawaddy River shipping, maintained tributary trade with Tang China and built numerous brick stupas and monasteries; Pyu-script inscriptions recorded Buddhist merit-making and city-state affairs.
850–900Halin · HalinIn the later 9th century, Burman forces migrating south from the Yunnan highlands gradually infiltrated the upper Irrawaddy; the Pyu city-states' political unity weakened and some towns declined, creating conditions for the rise of Pagan after the 10th century.

Sources

Pyu https://www.britannica.com/topic/Pyu
The Glass Palace Chronicle of the Kings of Burma — Pe Maung Tin (1923)