The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c15.46
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c15.46
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To realise the antiquity and the splendour of early Burmese civilisation we must descend the Irrawaddy below Mandalay to Pagan. There for some ten miles beside the river, and for three miles back from its bank, are the ruins of a great capital, which flourished about the time of the Norman Conquest of England. From the centre of the ruined city there are pagodas and temples in every direction.