What is Bagan?
{{Infobox settlement |native_name = |official_name = Bagan |other_name = Pagan |pushpin_label_position = right |pushpin_map = Burma |pushpin_map_caption = Location of Bagan, Burma |image_skyline = Ruins of Bagan, 1999.jpg |imagesize = |image_caption = Temples in Bagan |image_map = |map_caption = |established_date = mid-to-late 9th century |established_title = Founded |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = [[Burma]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Administrative divisions of Burma|Region]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Mandalay Region]] |unit_pref = |area_total_km2 = 104 |population = |population_as_of = |population_blank1 = [[Bamar]] |population_blank1_title = Ethnicities |population_blank2 = [[Theravada Buddhism]] |population_blank2_title = Religions |population_density_km2 = auto |coordinates = {{coord|21|10||N|94|52||E||display=title,inline}} |elevation_ft = |elevation_m = |timezone = [[Time in Burma|MST]] |utc_offset = +6.30 |website = }} '''Bagan''' ({{IPA|bəɡàɴ|IPA}}; also called '''Pagan''') is an ancient [[city]] in the [[Mandalay]] region of [[Myanmar]]. It was the [[Capital (city)|capital]] of the [[Pagan Kingdom|Kingdom of Pagan]] from the 9th to 13th centuries. During the kingdom's [[golden age]] between the 11th and 13th centuries, over 10,000 [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] [[temple]]s, [[pagoda]]s and [[Monastery|monasteries]] were built in Bagan. Now, the [[Archaeology|archaeological]] remains of over 2,200 of these temples and pagodas are in the surrounding plains. It is one of the biggest places for tourism in the country. ==References== * {{cite book |last=Aung-Thwin |first=Michael |title=The mists of Rāmañña: The Legend that was Lower Burma |url=https://archive.org/details/mistsoframannale0000aung |edition= illustrated |publisher=University of Hawai'i Press |year= 2005 |location=Honolulu}} ISBN 0-8248-2886-0, 978-0-8248-2886-8. * {{cite book |last=Harvey |first=G. E. |title= History of Burma: From the Earliest Times to 10 March 1824 |publisher=Frank Cass & Co. Ltd |year=1925 |location= London}} * {{cite bo