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Amarapura

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Amarapura (ŭ'məräp`rä), town (1981 est. pop. 10,600), Mandalay division, central Myanmar, on the Ayeyarwady River. It is a silk-weaving center and has varied handicraft industries. Amarapura was founded in 1782 and was twice (1783–1823 and 1837–60) the capital of Myanmar. Its royal palace, great temples, and fortifications are now in ruins.


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As one informant told this writer in 2003, the journeys of the two sacred images (the Maha Muni from the kingdom of Arakan over the Arakan Yoma to Amarapura, Bodawpaya's capital; and the White Stone Buddha down the Irrawaddy River from the Mandalay area to Insein Township, Rangoon) were similar in that they both were undertaken to enhance the prestige and legitimacy of the state.
The state and the city: 1988 and the transformation of Rangoon by Seekins, Donald M. / Pacific Affairs
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