71) The royal cities around Mandalay
October 12th 2005 There are several locations of interest around Mandalay which can easily be reached in a one-day trip and we of course wanted to see as many of them as possible. We visited four small cities of historical importance, of which three had been capitals of the Burmese kingdom in former centuries.
Historical backgroundSagaing became the second Burmese capital around 1315 after the fall of Bagan. Its p
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