Sri Ksetra kingdom

Ancient Pyu city-state in Southern Burma Kingdom of Sri Ksetraသရေခေတ္တရာc. 3rd – 9th century CE–c. 1050sCapitalSri KsetraCommon languagesPyuReligion Buddhism, Animism, VaishnavismGovernmentMonarchyHistorical eraClassical Antiquity• Founding of kingdom c. 3rd – 9th century CE• Launch of Burmese calendar 21 March 640• Duttabaung ascends to throne 25 March 739• Fall of kingdom c. 1050s Succeeded by Pagan kingdom Sri Ksetra (Śrī Kṣetra, Burmese: သရေခေတ္တရာ ပြည်, Burmese pronunciation: [θəjè kʰɪʔtəjà pjì]; Sanskrit: श्री क्षेत्र, lit. 'Field of Fortune' or 'Field of Glory'), located along the Irrawaddy River at present-day Hmawza, Myanmar, was once a prominent Pyu settlement. The Pyu occupied several sites across Upper Myanmar, with Sri Ksetra recorded as the largest, the city wall enclosing an area of 1,477 hectares, although a recent survey found it enclosed 1,857 hectares within its monumental brick walls, with an extramural area of a similar size, being the largest Southeast Asian city before Angkor times. Issues surrounding the dating of this site has meant the majority of material is d