Sri Ksetra
Sri Ksetra (also Tharay-khit-taya or Alt-Prome ) was the largest city of the Pyu , a people in what is now Myanmar (Burma), and the capital of the kingdom of the same name.
It is located in the area of today's Bago Division , about 8 km outside the north of the Irrawaddy city of Pyay , which was called 'Prome' until 1989.
According to the Glass Palace Chronicle in 544 BC, the city BC and was abandoned again in 656. The founding date is fictional and is associated with the Buddha's entrance into nirvana . The first excavations took place here in 1904. The city measures 4.4 km in diameter and is surrounded by a brick wall. The urban area comprises 1477 hectares, with about 70% of the area being used for arable farming. The city wall has 32 main and 32 side gates. Various stupas , pagodas and temples can be found within the city walls . In the center of the city there was a palace that was excavated in 1991. There were gold, bronze and stone sculptures as well as inscriptions in Sanskrit , Pali and Pyu. The oldest texts to date in Pali were also found here, written on 20 pages of sheet gold. The sculptures are particularly noteworthy as they are rare in other Pyu locations.
Some urns that have been found are of particular interest. They name names of kings and are dated to an unknown era. It is believed to be the Gupta era.
Today there is a museum on site. Together with other ruins in Myanmar, Sri Ksetra was proposed as a World Heritage Site in 1996. At the 38th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee on June 22, 2014, it was included in the World Heritage List together with Halin and Beikthano-myo as the first World Heritage site in Myanmar under the name of Historic Cities of the Pyu .
The (known) kings of Sri Ksetra
| Surname | Reign | comment |
|---|---|---|
| Duttabaung | 544 BC Chr. | is named in the Glass Palace Chronicle as the founder of Sri Ksetra |
| Hri Vikrama | † 360 | appears on a dated grave urn |
| Singha vicrama | † 363 | appears on a dated grave urn |
| Suuriya Vikrama | † 383 | appears on a dated grave urn |
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Myanmar's first site inscribed to World Heritage List June 22, 2014, UNESCO , accessed July 6, 2014.
Coordinates: 18 ° 48 ′ 29.7 ″ N , 95 ° 17 ′ 19.8 ″ E