Tampawaddy or Tamrawati( my, တမ္ပဝတီ, , also spelt Tampavatī, Sanskrit: ताम्बावती ''Taambavatee,'' ) is a classical name of the city of
Bagan
Bagan (, ; formerly Pagan) is an ancient city and a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Mandalay Region of Myanmar. From the 9th to 13th centuries, the city was the capital of the Bagan Kingdom, the first kingdom that unified the regions that wou ...
(Pagan),
Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...
. According to the
Burmese chronicles
The royal chronicles of Myanmar ( my, မြန်မာ ရာဇဝင် ကျမ်းများ ; also known as Burmese chronicles) are detailed and continuous chronicles of the monarchy of Myanmar (Burma). The chronicles were written o ...
, King
Thaik Taing (r. 516–523) moved the palace from
Thiri Pyissaya
Thiri Pyissaya ( my, သီရိပစ္စယာ, ; also spelled Siripaccaya, Sanskrit: श्रीप्रत्यय ''Śripratyaya'' ) is a classical name of the city of Bagan, Myanmar. According to the ''Hmannan Yazawin'' chronicle, King ...
to nearby Tampawaddy.
[Maha Yazawin Vol. 1 2006: 139–141] However, evidence indicates that the earliest human settlement in the Bagan region dates only from the mid-7th century CE.
[Aung-Thwin 2005: 185]
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Maha Yazawin
The ''Maha Yazawin'', fully the ''Maha Yazawindawgyi'' ( my, မဟာ ရာဇဝင်တော်ကြီး, ) and formerly romanized as the ,. is the first national chronicle of Burma/Myanmar. Completed in 1724 by U Kala, a historian at t ...
, publisher=Ya-Pyei Publishing , location=Yangon , year=1724 , edition=2006, 4th printing , language=Burmese , volume=1–3
Bagan