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History of Bhamo

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regulate the border trade. As of 1935 the town was situated at the highest navigable point of the river, and was the terminus of caravan routes from India and Burma, by which jade, in particular, was brought into China.

Bhamo was once called Sampanago, the capital of the now-extinct Shankingdom of Manmaw. The ruins of the old city walls, dating from the fifth Century, are found some 5 km from the modern town

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