
16. Bagan - City Of Temples
Fall of Civilizations Podcast
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The Death of King Anorata
Kean Sita was a great general, and had led his father's armies into battle many times. The people of Peigou were so grateful that they sent him home with various gifts for the king. Gifts of gold, hairs belonging to the Buddha, and a beautiful young woman named Ukin intended to be offered to the king as a bride. But on the journey home, Prince Kean Sita and Ukin fell in love. When Anorata found out about this Arthurian betrayal, he exiled his own son who was forced to flee across the countryside of Myanmar and go into hiding. This story has proved irresistible to generations of playwrights, songwriters and poets in Myanmar
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