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281 RAKHAING STATE SIGHTS WESTERN MYANMAR SIGHTS WESTERN MYANMAR the stamina for exploration, you could take MRAUK U (MYOHAUNG) ...

282 WESTERN MYANMAR RAKHAING STATE The far left (southwest) doorway leads to the outer chamber, a 310ft passageway with sandston ...

283 RAKHAING STATE SIGHTS WESTERN MYANMAR SIGHTS WESTERN MYANMAR MRAUK U (MYOHAUNG) EAST GROUP This area stretches a mile or so ...

284 WESTERN MYANMAR RAKHAING STATE buddha images, inscribed stone slabs (a 15th-century one features ancient Arabic writing), ca ...

285 RAKHAING STATE EATING WESTERN MYANMAR EATING WESTERN MYANMAR MRAUK U (MYOHAUNG) breakfast and dinner, and it’s the town’s on ...

286 WESTERN MYANMAR RAKHAING STATE L’amitie Art Gallery ART GALLERY (paintings $35-100; h7am-7pm) Located in a simple hut opposi ...

287 CHIN STATE 8 WESTERN MYANMAR 8 WESTERN MYANMAR MT VICTORIA (NAT MA TAUNG) WETHALI evo;lI Almost 6 miles north of Mrauk U are ...

288 WESTERN MYANMAR CHIN STATE the Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy) River on rough roads. The next day it’s seven more hours to Kampelet a ...

MYANMAR (BURMA) TODAY................. 290 A new government, Aung San Suu Kyi free, continued ethnic tensions – but does it amou ...

290 Myanmar (Burma) Today Roadmap to Democracy? In October 2010 Myanmar went to the polls for its fi rst national election in 20 ...

291 USDP triumph, amid numerous reports of serious interference with the voting process. The UN called the election ‘deeply fl a ...

MYANMAR (BURMA) TODAY 292292 At the time of writing, much of the daily mechanics of government, including how the national and s ...

293 History The roots of Myanmar’s present complex, tragic situation can be traced back throughh its convoluted history. Spannin ...

HISTORY PRE-COLONIAL BURMA 294 AD 754 Nanzhao soldiers from Yunnan, China, conquer the hill tribes in the upper reaches of the A ...

HISTORY PRE-COLONIAL BURMA 295 1084 Kyanzittha continues the reforms started by his father Anawrahta, including developing the B ...

HISTORY COLONIAL BURMA 296 1433 Rakhaing's ruler, N a r a m i t h l a establishes a new capital at Mrauk U, which, over the cour ...

HISTORY COLONIAL BURMA 297 1540 Lower Burma is reunifi ed after Tabinshwehti, the ambitious and young king of Taungoo, defeats t ...

HISTORY COLONIAL BURMA 298 1784 Alaungpaya’s son, Bodawpaya defeats Rakhaing, hauling off the revered Mahamuni Buddha image (sup ...

HISTORY POST-COLONIAL BURMA 299 1857 Mindon Min moves Upper Burma’s capital from Inwa to a newly built city at the foot of Manda ...

HISTORY POST-COLONIAL BURMA 300 1866 Mindon’s sons conspire against the heir apparent – beheading him in the palace – prompting ...