Pagan Ruins of Pagan Empire in Burma Record Historic Buddhist Legacy
In interior Burma lies Pagan, an antique landscape of haunting beauty with extensive ruins. Once capital of a kingdom flourishing from roughly 104 f to 1287, its monuments reflect ancient Buddhist devotion. About 13,000 religious buildings existed. over 1,000 remain intact, 6,000 more ruined across 240 square miles along the Irrawaddy. Villagers live in quiet hamlets amid monumental relics.