Pegu region

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Pegu region is a historical area in Lower Myanmar centered on the city of Bago, known as a former Mon kingdom heartland and an important political and cultural center in Burmese history.

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Pegu region canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical region
centeredOn Bago
coastalProximity Gulf of Martaban
contains Shwemawdaw Pagoda
city of Bago
linked to: Bago
country Myanmar
hasAlternativeName Bago region
linked to: Bago Region
hasClimate tropical monsoon climate
hasFormerName Pegu
hasHeritageSites ancient Mon religious sites
historic city of Bago
hasHistoricalSignificance Mon-Burmese cultural interaction
formation of early Burmese states
historicalCapital Bago
historicalEconomyBasedOn rice cultivation
riverine trade
historicallyAssociatedWith Mon kingdom
Mon people
isHeartlandOf Mon culture in Lower Myanmar
knownFor Buddhist monuments
Mon cultural heritage
role in Burmese history
languageHistoricallySpoken Burmese
Mon
locatedIn Lower Myanmar
Southeast Asia
modernAdministrativeSuccessor Bago Region of Myanmar
partOf Burma
linked to: Myanmar

Irrawaddy River delta region
linked to: Irrawaddy Delta

Myanmar
playedRoleIn regional maritime trade networks
spread of Theravada Buddhism in Lower Myanmar
religionHistoricallyDominant Theravada Buddhism
linked to: Theravada
traversedBy Bago River
wasColonialAdministrativeAreaWithin British Burma
linked to: Burma (until 1937)
wasContestedBy Burmese kingdoms
linked to: Kingdom of Burma

Mon polities
wasCulturalCenterOf Mon kingdom
wasImportantIn precolonial Burmese politics
trade between coastal and interior Burma
wasIncorporatedInto Konbaung Dynasty
Toungoo Dynasty
wasKnownAs Pegu in colonial-era English sources
wasPoliticalCenterOf Mon kingdom

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Middle Mon region Pegu region