16. Bagan - City Of Temples
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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A Poem About Death and Forgiveness - Anantasuria
Anantasuria was a scholar who served as the chief minister in the kingdom of Bhagawan under King Naratayanka. While he sat in prison awaiting his death, he wrote the following poem: "If dictated by mercy and pity, I were to be released and freed from execution" It's a poem of loss and forgiveness about ultimately accepting the fate of all things to pass into darkness and dust.
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