The Pyu city-states (Burmese: ပျူ မြို့ပြ နိုင်ငံများ [pjù mjo̼.pjɑ̼ nàɪɴŋàɴ mjá]) were a group of city-states that existed from about the 2nd century...
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Pyu, also spelled Phyu or Phyuu, is a town in Taungoo District, Bago Region in Myanmar. It is the administrative seat of Phyu Township.The old Yangon-Mandalay...
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The Pyu script is a writing system used to write the Pyu language, an extinct Sino-Tibetan language that was mainly spoken in present-day central Burma...
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The Pyu language (Pyu: ; Burmese: ပျူ ဘာသာ, IPA: [pjù bàðà]; also Tircul language) is an extinct Sino-Tibetan language that was mainly spoken in what...
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Pyu language may refer to: Pyu language (Papuan), a Papuan language of Papua New Guinea Pyu language (Sino-Tibetan), an ancient Sino-Tibetan language...
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Pyu in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pyu may refer to: Pyu, town in Taungoo District, Bago Region in Burma (Myanmar), named after the ancient Pyu kingdom...
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histories and legends of Pyu people, the earliest inhabitants of Myanmar of whom records are extant; and that Pagan kings had adopted the Pyu histories and legends...
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History of Myanmar (section Pyu city-states)
recorded history were a Tibeto-Burman-speaking people who established the Pyu city-states ranged as far south as Pyay and adopted Theravada Buddhism. Another...
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Pyu Township is a township in Taungoo District in the Bago Region of Myanmar. The principal town and administrative seat is Pyu. "Myanmar States/Divisions...
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Irrawaddy valley from the Nanzhao Kingdom. It was among several competing Pyu city-states until the late 10th century when the Burman settlement grew in...
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Prehistory of Myanmar (section Pyu)
Pyu settlements remained in Upper Burma for the next three centuries but the Pyu gradually were absorbed into the expanding Pagan Empire. The Pyu language...
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Pyu is a language isolate spoken in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. As of 2000, the language had about 100 speakers in Papua New Guinea. It is spoken...
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borrowing extensively from the Pyus' predominantly Buddhist culture. It was one of many competing city-states in the Pyu realm until the late 10th century...
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Kyaukpyu Airport (redirect from Kyauk Pyu Airport)
Kyaukpyu Airport is an airport in Kyaukpyu, Myanmar (IATA: KYP, ICAO: VYKP). The runway of Kyaukpyu Airport was 1,408 metres (4,620 ft) long and 30 metres...
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Pyū to Fuku! Jaguar (Japanese: ピューと吹く! ジャガー, Hepburn: Pyū to Fuku! Jagā; "Flute-Blower! Jaguar") is a Japanese gag manga series written and illustrated...
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Sri Ksetra kingdom (category Pyu city-states)
Irrawaddy River at present-day Hmawza, Myanmar, was once a prominent Pyu settlement. The Pyu occupied several sites across Upper Myanmar, with Sri Ksetra recorded...
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Burmese clothing (section Pyu city-states era)
city of Hanlin, the discovered Pyu sculptures depict Pyu men wearing headwarps and crown-like headdresses, while Pyu women are shown with head ornaments...
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Loong Whey Pyu (born 24 April 1945) is a Malaysian field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Evans, Hilary;...
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The Panafrican Youth Union (PYU) is the apex body for National Youth Coordinating Bodies and Mechanism in Africa. Known formerly as the Panafrican Youth...
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Rangoon). Early civilisations in the area included the Tibeto-Burman-speaking Pyu city-states in Upper Myanmar and the Mon kingdoms in Lower Myanmar. In the...
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(Amto–Musan) languages and the Pyu isolate. Arai and Samaia Rivers Arai River Ama Nimo–Nakwi Owiniga West Arai River Pyu Samaia River Amto Musan NewGuineaWorld...
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The 1930 Pyu earthquake occurred on December 4 at 01:21 local time. The epicenter was located north to Bago, Burma, then part of British India. The magnitude...
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A History of the Pyu Alphabet (Burmese: ပျူအက္ခရာသမိုင်း) is a book on the Pyu language first published in 1963 by Tha Myat. The author Tha Myat studied...
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Binnaka (category Pyu city-states)
present-day Pyawbwe Township, Myanmar. It was one of the major Pyu city-states associated with the Pyu culture and may have been a city as early as the second...
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its purported launch in 640 CE in the Sri Ksetra Kingdom, also called the Pyu era. It was also used as the official calendar in other mainland Southeast...
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have yielded important insights into Pyu-era clothing and accessories. Hanlin: Sculptures from Hanlin depict Pyu men wearing headwraps and sometimes crown-like...
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Union. Muyumba was elected president of the Panafrican Youth Union (PYU) in 2014. The PYU functions as the elected representative body for all African youth...
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controls Tiki (ティキ), a kiwi who must save his girlfriend Phee Phee (ピューピュー, Pyū Pyū) and several of his other kiwi chick friends who have been kidnapped by...
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Puyuma language (redirect from ISO 639:pyu)
500 (2002) Language family Austronesian Puyuma Language codes ISO 639-3 pyu Glottolog puyu1239 ELP Puyuma Linguasphere 30-JAA-a (red) Puyuma Puyuma is...
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construction of Sri Ksetra. Htin Aung suggests that Pyu might have been founded in 78 CE, based on the Sanskrit / Pyu Era. D. G. E. Hall and Gordon Luce, however...
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