ABSTRACT
The eleventh century brought about a great change in the relative positions of the three races which struggled for supremacy in the country. In the year 1010 a.d., King Anawrata ascended the throne at Pagan. He was a man of character and determination, who set himself with ardour, both to the reform of religion and to extending the boundaries of his kingdom. The people seem to have acquiesced in this reform, and the orthodoxy established by Anawrata has held its ground to the present day. In addition to his thorough reform of religion, King Anawrata carried on an extensive system of conquest. The city was utterly destroyed, the records perished, and Anawrata took not only the sacred books, but images, relics, and treasures of all sorts, away to Pagan. The immediate successors of Anawrata seem to have been fairly capable, and to have maintained the supremacy in the country which he had won.
