Pegu Dynasty - Pegu-cho (English spelling)

Japanese: ペグー朝 - ペグーちょう（英語表記）Pegu

A Burmese kingdom established by the Mon people from the 13th to 18th centuries. It is rich in Buddhist ruins. The Mon people, who migrated south from southern China, traveled down the Thanlwin and Sittang rivers before Christ, and established Theravada Buddhist culture in three places: Thaton, Kosma, and Pegu. At the end of the 13th century, the Pegu dynasty tried to revive Mon culture, interacted with the Sukhothai dynasty of Thailand, and continued to fight against the Ayutthaya dynasty in the 14th century. In the 15th century, they repelled the southward invasion of the Aba dynasty, and exported surplus agricultural products to Malacca by sea, continuing to prosper economically and culturally. In the mid-18th century, they moved north and destroyed the Taungoo dynasty, but soon came under the control of the Konbaung dynasty to the north and gradually lost their power. The Shwedagon Pagoda, the Great Buddha, and a reclining Buddha remain.

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Japanese:

13～18世紀にかけてモン族が興したビルマの王国。仏教遺跡が豊富。華南から南下したモン族は紀元前にタンルウィン，シッタン両川を南下し，タトン，コスマ，ペグーの3地で上座部仏教文化を築いた。 13世紀末にペグー朝はモン族文化復興に努め，タイのスコータイ朝と交流し，14世紀にはアユタヤ朝と戦争を続けた。 15世紀にアバ朝の南下侵略を退け，また余剰農産物を海路マラッカへ輸出し，経済・文化面で繁栄を続けた。 18世紀中頃には北上しタウングー朝を滅ぼしたが，まもなく北のコンバウン朝の支配下に属し，次第に勢力を失っていった。シュエダゴン・パゴダ，大仏，寝釈迦像などが残る。

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