Amarapura

Amarapura (, ) is a umwhile caipital o Myanmar, an nou a tounship o Mandalay. Amarapura is bundit bi the Ayeyarwady River in the wast, Chanmyathazi Tounship in the north, an the ceety o Innwa (Ava) in the sooth. Amarapura (आमरपुर), Pali for Ceety o Immortality, wis the caipital o Myanmar for three discrete periods durin the Konbaung Dynasty in the 18t an 19t centuries afore finally supplantit bi Mandalay 11 km north in 1857. Though historically referred tae as Taungmyo (Soothren Ceety) in relation tae Mandalay, Amarapura the day is pairt o Mandalay, as a result o the urban sprawl.

History

King Bodawpaya (1781–1819) o the Konbaung Dynasty foondit Amarapura  as his new caipital in 1783, suin efter he ascendit the throne. In 1795, he received the first Breetish embassy tae Burma frae the British East India Company led bi Michael Symes . Bodawpaya's grandson, King Bagyidaw (1819–1837), moved the Court back tae Ava in 1823. Bagyidaw's successor King Tharrawaddy (1837–1846) again moved the ryal caipital back tae Amarapura.

Frae 1841-1857, King Mindon (1853–1878) decidit tae make Amarapura the caipital again afore relocatin tae his planned ceety o Mandalay in 1860. The day little remains o the auld ceety as the palace biggins wur dismantled an moved bi elephant tae the new location, an the ceety walls wur pulled doun for uise as biggin materials for roads an railways. Pairt o the moat is still recognisable near Bagaya Monastery.

The ceety is kent the day for its traditional silk an cotton weavin, an bronze castin. It is a popular tourist day-trip destination frae Mandalay.

Sichts o interest
 Pahtodawgyi – A stupa built bi King Bodawpaya in 1816 ootside the ceety walls 
 Bagaya Kyaung – a widden monastery foondit bi King Mindon
 U Bein Brig – a 1.2 km widden fuitbrig (langest teak brig in the warld) built bi the mayor U Bein salvagin the unwantit teak columns frae the auld palace durin the move tae Mandalay
 Kyautawgyi Paya – A stupa built bi King Pagan in 1847 at the farther end o U Bein's brig
 Amarapura Palace ruins – containin tombs o King Bodawpaya an King Bagyidaw, an pairt o the old moat
 Maha Gandhayon Kyaung - a lairge modren monastery complex wi hunders o monks an novices, well kent throughoot the kintra
 Chinese Temple - built in 1838 during King Tharrawaddy's reign
 Yadanabon University - A major leeberal airts university for students frae Mandalay suburbs

In 1800, Buddhist clergy frae Sri Lanka obtained heicher ordination in this ceety an foondit the Amarapura Nikaya (Amarapura sect).

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References

Freemit airtins

 Wanderings in Burma  George W. Bird, 1897, Southeast Asia Visions


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Category:Amarapura Tounship