Territorial change of Pagan Kingdom

“Pagan Kingdom” — appears in this map’s data from AD 850 to 1293. Its territory was largest in AD 1188 – 1284, at ≈ 440 thousand km².

Territory by period

PeriodArea
AD 850 – 859≈ 5,368 km²
AD 860 – 959≈ 27 thousand km²
AD 960 – 1045≈ 45 thousand km²
AD 1046 – 1055≈ 123 thousand km²
AD 1056 – 1065≈ 273 thousand km²
AD 1066 – 1187≈ 439 thousand km²
AD 1188 – 1284≈ 440 thousand km²
AD 1285 – 1293≈ 440 thousand km²
AD 850AD 1293

Outline at its largest extent

Outline of the territory in AD 1188 – 1284 (map drawing). Neighbouring countries are not drawn.

Area and rank by frame

For each frame in which borders change: this country’s territory and its rank by area among the countries that have territory in that frame.

FrameAreaRank
AD 850≈ 5,368 km²76 of 86
AD 860≈ 27 thousand km²59 of 89
AD 866≈ 27 thousand km²64 of 95
AD 870≈ 27 thousand km²62 of 94
AD 875≈ 27 thousand km²62 of 97
AD 876≈ 27 thousand km²62 of 97
AD 878≈ 27 thousand km²64 of 100
AD 880≈ 27 thousand km²65 of 102
AD 882≈ 27 thousand km²63 of 101
AD 884≈ 27 thousand km²63 of 102
AD 886≈ 27 thousand km²65 of 104
AD 887≈ 27 thousand km²69 of 107
AD 888≈ 27 thousand km²71 of 108
AD 892≈ 27 thousand km²70 of 108
AD 896≈ 27 thousand km²70 of 109
AD 898≈ 27 thousand km²74 of 115
AD 899≈ 27 thousand km²75 of 117
AD 900≈ 27 thousand km²73 of 114
AD 911≈ 27 thousand km²83 of 123
AD 922≈ 27 thousand km²77 of 117
AD 926≈ 27 thousand km²75 of 112
AD 936≈ 27 thousand km²79 of 116
AD 947≈ 27 thousand km²82 of 117
AD 960≈ 45 thousand km²71 of 118
AD 961≈ 45 thousand km²70 of 119
AD 962≈ 45 thousand km²72 of 120
AD 970≈ 45 thousand km²68 of 115
AD 980≈ 45 thousand km²65 of 111
AD 990≈ 45 thousand km²68 of 126
AD 1000≈ 45 thousand km²68 of 126
AD 1003≈ 45 thousand km²65 of 125
AD 1010≈ 45 thousand km²65 of 130
AD 1015≈ 45 thousand km²66 of 141
AD 1018≈ 45 thousand km²64 of 138
AD 1028≈ 45 thousand km²65 of 130
AD 1034≈ 45 thousand km²64 of 129
AD 1040≈ 45 thousand km²63 of 136
AD 1046≈ 123 thousand km²48 of 136
AD 1056≈ 273 thousand km²26 of 146
AD 1066≈ 439 thousand km²19 of 138
AD 1072≈ 439 thousand km²19 of 138
AD 1085≈ 439 thousand km²19 of 137
AD 1094≈ 439 thousand km²18 of 135
AD 1099≈ 439 thousand km²18 of 139
AD 1111≈ 439 thousand km²18 of 140
AD 1126≈ 439 thousand km²19 of 138
AD 1139≈ 439 thousand km²17 of 140
AD 1147≈ 439 thousand km²17 of 148
AD 1152≈ 439 thousand km²18 of 140
AD 1169≈ 439 thousand km²18 of 137
AD 1177≈ 439 thousand km²18 of 136
AD 1188≈ 440 thousand km²20 of 134
AD 1192≈ 440 thousand km²18 of 132
AD 1202≈ 440 thousand km²17 of 135
AD 1206≈ 440 thousand km²18 of 149
AD 1210≈ 440 thousand km²18 of 146
AD 1216≈ 440 thousand km²17 of 143
AD 1220≈ 440 thousand km²17 of 143
AD 1227≈ 440 thousand km²17 of 139
AD 1236≈ 440 thousand km²14 of 137
AD 1241≈ 440 thousand km²12 of 130
AD 1250≈ 440 thousand km²10 of 118
AD 1260≈ 440 thousand km²10 of 123
AD 1270≈ 440 thousand km²10 of 123
AD 1272≈ 440 thousand km²10 of 121
AD 1279≈ 440 thousand km²9 of 122
AD 1285≈ 440 thousand km²10 of 128

Its highest rank was in AD 1279: number 122 of 9.

Neighbouring countries

In order of the number of frames in which they share a border (a parent state, its colonies and other names of the same country are counted as one group).

Territory exchanged with

Computed from changes in territory between frames (only changes of about 20,000 km² or more are counted; these are not actual routes of advance). Top 2 by area.

FrameOther countryArea
AD 1046gainedPyu city-states≈ 77 thousand km²
AD 1294lostSukhothai Kingdom≈ 36 thousand km²

Wikipedia summary

The Pagan Kingdom (Burmese: ပုဂံပြည် Băgam pyi [bəɡàɰ̃ pji]; lit. 'Bagan state'), also called Bagan Empire (ပုဂံဧကရာဇ်နိုင်ငံတော်) or the First Burmese Empire, was the first Burmese kingdom to unify the regions that would later constitute modern-day Myanmar.

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