High Middle Ages · Southeast Asia · Religion
1048
Anawrahta receives Theravada scriptures from Mon kingdom
1048
The Pagan king, newly converted to Theravada Buddhism, demanded a complete set of the Tipitaka from the Mon king Manuha of Thaton. When Manuha refused, Anawrahta began preparations for a military campaign to seize both the scriptures and the Mon kingdom's wealth. The resulting conquest would transform Pagan into the greatest Buddhist center in mainland Southeast Asia.
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High Middle Ages (1000–1300), one of 1,306 events from that era on Saeculum.