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Arakan (other)
Arakan is a historical region of Burma. Arakan may also refer to: *Arakan Division, a British colonial division *Rakhine State, a province of Myanmar *Arakan Mountains, Myanmar *Arakanese people **Arakanese Indians **Arakanese language, a former Tibeto-Burmese language, now split into two distinct languages: Rakhine language, Rakhine and Marma language, Marma *Arakan Campaign 1942–43, a campaign during World War II *Arakan, Cotabato, Philippines *Arakan River, Philippines See also *Arakanese (other) *Rakhine (other) *Rakan (other) {{Disambiguation, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arakan
Arakan ( or ) is a historic coastal region in Southeast Asia. Its borders faced the Bay of Bengal to its west, the Indian subcontinent to its north and Burma proper to its east. The Arakan Mountains isolated the region and made it accessible only by the Indian subcontinent and the sea. The region now forms the Rakhine State in Myanmar. Arakan became one of the earliest regions in Southeast Asia to embrace Dharmic religions, particularly Buddhism and Hinduism. Islam arrived with Arab merchants in the 8th century. The Kingdom of Mrauk U emerged as an independent Arakanese kingdom for 300 years. During the Age of Discovery and Bengal Subah's major economic development, Arakan caught the interest of the Dutch East India Company and the Portuguese Empire. In the middle of the 17th century, it was dominated by the Islamic Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. Arakan steadily declined from the 18th century onwards after its loss to the Mughal Empire. After conquest by the British East India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
