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Bago
Bago , formerly Pegu , city (1983 pop. 150,447), capital of Bago div., S Myanmar, on the Bago River. It is a port and railway junction. Founded c.825 by the Mons, it became their capital when King Binnya U established his palace there. Bago was the center of one of the three chief states of Myanmar from the 14th to the late 15th cent.; in the 16th cent. it was the capital of a united Burmese kingdom. After it was destroyed in 1564 and again in 1599, the Burmese moved their capital to Innwa (Ava). In the 18th cent. the Talaings rebelled against the Burmese and set up their capital at Bago; it was destroyed by the Burmese in 1757 but was later rebuilt as the center of a Burmese province. The city and province came under British rule in 1852. The city's religious monuments include many temples, of which the most impressive is the Shwemawdaw Pagoda, and a great statue (55 feet long) of a reclining Buddha, believed to have been built in 944. |
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"Bago." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Bago." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Bago.html "Bago." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Bago.html |
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Bago
Bago, Burma, Philippines Burma: formerly Hanthawady/Hamsavati, Pegu and Lower Burma. A division and city named after the river in Sri Lanka by the side of which the monks who founded the city were ordained. Alternatively, there is a legend that the city was founded in 573 by two Mons princes who saw a female goose standing on a male goose. This was considered to be a good omen and so a town was founded here. It was called Hamsavati ‘Kingdom of the Hinthar (a mythical goose or duck)’ in Pali‐Sanskrit. As Pegu, from which it takes its present name, it was capital of the Mon kingdom. Bago, in the local language, is said to mean ‘Conquered by Strategem’. It was designated a province of India by the British in 1852 and renamed Lower Burma.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Bago." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Bago." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Bago.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Bago." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Bago.html |
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