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:''Not to be confused with: [[Pya]]''
 
{{Former country
 
{{Former country
 
|official name= Pyu
 
|official name= Pyu
|local name= [[File:MY-Pyu.png|30px]]
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|local name= [[File:MY-Pyu.png|20px]]
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|pre-1= {{flag|None}}
|years= [[1st century BC]]–[[832]]
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|years= c. [[100 BC]]–[[832]]
 
|suc-1= {{flag|Pagan Dynasty}}
 
|suc-1= {{flag|Pagan Dynasty}}
|map= [[File:Pyu sites.png|220px]]
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|caption= Major Pyu city states
 
|caption= Major Pyu city states
|capital= [[wikipedia:en:Prome|Prome]]
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|capital= {{wp|en|Prome}}
|languages= [[wikipedia:en:Pyu language (Myanmar)|Pyu]]
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|languages= {{wp|en|Pyu language (Myanmar)|Pyu}}
 
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|estab1name= Earliest foundation
 
|estab1time= [[1st century BC]]
 
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|estab2time= [[832]]
 
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'''Pyu''' ([[wikipedia:en:Burmese language|Burmese]]: [[File:MY-Pyu.png|20px|link=]], <small>IPA</small> [[wikipedia:en:Wikipedia:IPA for Burmese|[pjù]]]; also known as '''Pyuu''', '''Pyus''', or in [[China|Chinese]] records as '''Piao''') was a collection of [[wikipedia:en:City-state|city-states]] found in the central and northern parts of modern-day [[Burma]] from about [[100 BC]] to [[832|832 CE]].
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'''Pyu''' ({{wp|en|Burmese language|Burmese}}: [[File:MY-Pyu.png|15px|link=]], <small>IPA</small> [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:IPA for Burmese|[pjù]]]; also known as '''Pyuu''', '''Pyus''', or in [[China|Chinese]] records as '''Piao''') was a collection of {{wp|en|City-state|city-states}} found in the central and northern parts of modern-day [[Myanmar]] from about [[100 BC]] to [[832|832 CE]].
   
 
==History==
 
==History==
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The {{wp|en|Pyu people}} arrived in Myanmar during about 100 BC, believably [[94 BC]], where they established the city kingdoms of Binnaka, Mongamo, Sri Ksetra, Peikthanomyo, Kutkhaing, Halin gyi Thanlwin, Thandwe, and Yoma. During the [[7th century]], possibly in [[656]], Pyu migrated its capital north, and abandoning the old capital. The exact location of the new capital is unknown, but it is known, based on records, that it was sacked by the {{wp|en|Kingdom of Nanzhao|Kingdom of Nanzhou}} during [[832]], ending Pyu's period of dominance.
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==Economy==
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:''See also: [[Pyu coinage]]''
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[[File:Pyu coins.jpg|220px|left|thumb|Coinage from Pyu.]]
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The Pyu had developed a sophisticated {{wp|en|irrigation}} system to help influence {{wp|en|agriculture}}. Of the crops grown here, {{wp|en|rice}} was the main food source, eaten along with other vegetables. The use of livestock and fish for food was also likely. The Pyu had learned about [[precious metal]]s such as [[bronze]], [[gold]], [[iron]], [[lead]], and [[silver]], crafting them into works of art, some of which would be sold.
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The Pyu had traded from its north and its south. To the north were the [[China|Chinese]], who welcomed them as trading partners. Arabs from the south came to trade in Pyu, referring to them as ''tircul''.
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The city-states of Pyu used silver currency. Many of these coins have holes punched in them so they may have been used as amulets for trade.
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==See also==
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*[[History of Myanma coinage]]
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==References==
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*{{Wikipedia-link|en|Pyu city-states|Pyu city-states}}
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*{{flag|Germany}} {{wp|de|Pyu|Pyu on the German (''Deutsch'') Wikipedia}}
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*Wicks, Robert S. (1992). ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=Qs1q9VEoEkoC Money, markets, and trade in early Southeast Asia: the development of indigenous monetary systems to AD 1400]''. SEAP Publications. p. 116. ISBN 0877277109. Retrieved 25 May 2011
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*[http://www.seasite.niu.edu/burmese/cooler/Chapter_2/Chapter_2.htm Chapter II The Pre-Pagan Period: The Urban Age of the Mon and the Pyu]
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{{Asia}}
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[[Category:Former countries of Asia]]
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[[Category:Myanmar]]

Latest revision as of 00:01, 11 March 2016

Not to be confused with: Pya
Pyu

MY-Pyu

3by2white c. 100 BC832 Pagan Kingdom

Pyu sites

Capital

Prome

Languages

Pyu

Establishment
-Earliest foundation

1st century BC

-End of Pyu

832

Pyu (Burmese: MY-Pyu, IPA [pjù]; also known as Pyuu, Pyus, or in Chinese records as Piao) was a collection of city-states found in the central and northern parts of modern-day Myanmar from about 100 BC to 832 CE.

History[]

The Pyu people arrived in Myanmar during about 100 BC, believably 94 BC, where they established the city kingdoms of Binnaka, Mongamo, Sri Ksetra, Peikthanomyo, Kutkhaing, Halin gyi Thanlwin, Thandwe, and Yoma. During the 7th century, possibly in 656, Pyu migrated its capital north, and abandoning the old capital. The exact location of the new capital is unknown, but it is known, based on records, that it was sacked by the Kingdom of Nanzhou during 832, ending Pyu's period of dominance.

Economy[]

See also: Pyu coinage
Pyu coins

Coinage from Pyu.

The Pyu had developed a sophisticated irrigation system to help influence agriculture. Of the crops grown here, rice was the main food source, eaten along with other vegetables. The use of livestock and fish for food was also likely. The Pyu had learned about precious metals such as bronze, gold, iron, lead, and silver, crafting them into works of art, some of which would be sold.

The Pyu had traded from its north and its south. To the north were the Chinese, who welcomed them as trading partners. Arabs from the south came to trade in Pyu, referring to them as tircul.

The city-states of Pyu used silver currency. Many of these coins have holes punched in them so they may have been used as amulets for trade.

See also[]

  • History of Myanma coinage

References[]

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