Timeline (Burma Ascension)

The following is the timeline of events leading up to the ascension of Myanmar as a superpower, according to the Burma Ascension Althist.

774 CE - Bagan established as small trading post in the upper Irrawaddy valley.

874 CE - Bagan becomes capital of the Northern Pyu kingdom.

1044 CE - Ascension of Anawrahta, the first Unifier of Myanmar. Establishes the Bagan Dynasty

1056 CE - Anawrahta adopts Theravada Buddhism as the state religion. Decline of Ari Buddhism.

1057 CE - Conquest of the coastal Mon kingdom of Thaton

1077 CE - Death of Anawrahta. His son, Sawlu, ascends to the throne.

1084 CE - Sawlu overthrown in a Mon revolt. Kyansittha ascends to the throne.

1085 CE - Pacification of the Mon revolt. Conquest of the Shan states.

1086 CE - Kyansittha invades Arakan but fails.

1087 CE - Kyansittha turns his attention to Assam and Manipur.

1092 CE - Burmese forces sack Gaur, capital of the Pala Empire. Burma annexes eastern Ganges delta.

1108 CE - Bagan-Pala War ends with conquest of Western Bengal. Bengal is ruled as a province of Burma by a Burmese appointed Pala viceroy.

1111 CE - Burmese forces capture Bodh Gaya and Nalanda University.

1112 CE - Kyansittha embarks on pilgrimage of Bodh Gaya.

1113 CE - Alaungsithu succeeds Kyansittha. Viceroys of Bengal, Shan State and Pyay revolt.

1116 CE - Alaungsithu reconsolidates Bagan control over all territories. Invasion of Arakan. Arakan becomes loose vassal of the Burmese but only for 4 years.

1118 CE - Beginning of the Malay Campaign.

1119 CE - Burmese forces conquer Junkceylon (modern day Phukhet)

1120 CE - Burmese forces reach modern day Penang. Arakan revolts and becomes independent.

1130 CE - Bengal rebellion - the sacking of Nabadwip by Burmese forces ends the rebellion. Mass resettlement campaign moves people from Bengal, the Malay peninsula, the Mon coast and the Irrawaddy valley to dissipate ethnic concentrations.

1136 CE - 1st survey of the Burmese empire. Records indicate a population of over 3 million people.

1167 CE - Alaungsithu murdered by his son Narathu, who becomes king.

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