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 It is
located 21km from Mandalay
Inwa was
formerly known as Yadana Pura. It was first
founded as a capital by King Thado Minbya in
1364 A.D. It is the confluence of the
Ayeyarwaddy & Myint Nge rivers. But the king had
a canal dug to join the Myint Nge and Myint Tha
rivers thus cutting off the capital as an
island, safe from enemy attacks. As successive
kings ruled the war with King Raza Darit of Bago
for many years, the Shan chief Thohan Bwa took
the advantage and overran the capital. Gradually
the kingdom grew weaker and finally it became a
vassal to the Taungoo Empire. Later kings
shifted the capital from Inwa back and forth
many times until King Bayint Naung's son King
Nyaung Yan re-established his capital at Inwa in
1596 A.D. It continued to be capital till 1782
when Bodawpaya moved the capital to Amarapura.
But his son King Bagyidaw moved his capital back
to Inwa. It was destroyed by the earthquake of
1838. The ruins of the palace, the massive fort
walls and moat can still be seen of the
splendour of the past when it had been the
capital for more than four and half centuries.
Inwa lies south of Mandalay and can from there
in only 30 minutes of drive be attained. This
old king city was long time capital of Oberburma.
The foreign country was at present well-known
Myanmar as the Kingdom of Ava.The king palace at
that time does not exist any longer, however
still the Nanmyint awake tower. From 27 meters
height of bird perspective one can examine the
range of the historical place. Numerous pagodas,
temple and monasteries outlasted however Inwas'
eventful past. The monastery Maha Aung Myay Bon
Zan built with brick and stucco is particularly
interesting. It was established to 1818 by the
queen Me Nu for the royal abbot at that time U
Po.
 Located on
the western bank of the river Ayeyarwaddy,
approximately 7 miles north of Mandalay.
Located on
the western bank of the river Ayeyarwaddy,
approximately 7 miles north of Mandalay. It is
reached by ferryboats across the river and takes
1 hour for up-river and 40 minutes for
down-river. It is famous for many Buddhist
shrines, monasteries, meditation centres and
monuments of historical and cultural importance.
A boat trip to Mingun is pleasant with plenty of
life on the river to see. It is about 11 miles
from Sagaing and you can reach there by road. It
takes about 30 minutes. And you can also travel
to Mingun from Mandalay but you can get there by
road. It is about 7 miles up river from Mandalay
and you can accessible only by boat. Via Gawwein
jetty.
The
journey takes 45 minutes.When you come along the
motor way to Mingun from Sagaing, you will first
arrive at Kandawgyi, one of the prominent big
four in Mingun. Kandawgyi was formed while
digging earth to make bricks for building of
Mingun Pahtodawgyi. It was built by King Bodaw
Badon in 1791. You will arrive at Mingun
Pahtodawgyi from Kandawgyi .Now, we are here at
the Mingun Pahtodawgyi from the top of the
Pagoda you can view the scene of Mingun and
Ayeyawady river. You can use this stair to climb
to the top and there are all together 174 steps.
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