The historical town of Pegu, today Bago, situated about 100 kilometers
northeast of Yangon, was founded in 573 by two Mon princes
and soon developed into the capital of the most important
realm of the Mon, a people, which has in the meantime been almost
completely assimilated into the people of the Burmans.
Although the town had been founded by Mons and was for most of
the time mainly inhabited by Mons, Bago often had Burmanese
regents. Once, for about 10 years at the beginning of the
17th century, even a Portuguese adventurer established
himself as King of the region.
In 1757 the major part of Bago was destroyed by the Burmanese
King and Conqueror Alaungpaya. Therefore only a few buildings
remind the visitor of the history of the town. They are almost
without exception of a religious nature.
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