Kusimanagara

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Kusimanagara (कुसीम नगर) was the ancient Indian name of Pathein, formerly called Bassein, the largest city and the capital of the Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar (Burma).

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Location

It is located 190 km west of Yangon on the bank of the Pathein River (Bassein), which is a western branch of the Irrawaddy River,[1]. Although once part of the Mon kingdom, Pathein has few ethnic Mon residents today. The majority are of Bamar, Burmese Indians and Karen ethnicity. There are, however, notable minority Rakhine.

It is Lying at the western edge of the Ayeyarwady River delta, on the Pathein (Ngawan) River 190 km west of Yangon. The coastline along the Bay of Bengal is surrounded by the Arakan Mountains.

Etymology

The city's name is believed to derive from the Old Mon name, ဖာသီ ([pha sɛm]).[2] "pha" means great or wide and sī/sɛm means river or sea. Pha-sɛm means a big sea. The name was corrupted to Bassein during the British colonial period.

An alternate theory holds that the city's name comes from the classical name of Pathein, Kusimanagara, a name used by ancient writings and the Kalyani inscriptions. Pathein itself is a corruption of Mon "Kuthen," which itself is a contraction of Kusimanagara. This is supported by the fact that the Portuguese call Pathein "Cosmim."[3]

History

कुसीम नगर

विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[4] ने लेख किया है ...Kusimanagara (कुसीम नगर) (AS, p.217) दक्षिण ब्रह्मदेश (बर्मा) में प्राचीन भारतीय बस्ती जो वर्तमान बेसीन के स्थान पर थी.

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References

  1. "Pathein". Encyclopædia Britannica
  2. Dictionary of Modern Spoken Mon by H.L. Shorto (1962, Oxford University Press)
  3. James Gray, ed. (1892). Buddhaghosuppatti. London: Luzac & Company. p. 11.
  4. Aitihasik Sthanavali by Vijayendra Kumar Mathur, p.217