from
Old Burmese
Pukam.
Its classical
Pali
name is
Arimaddana-pura lit. "the City that Tramples on
Enemies"). Its other names in Pali are in reference to its extreme dry
zone climate:
Tattadesa , "parched land"), and
Tampadipa
("bronzed country").
The
Burmese chronicles
also report other classical names of
Thiri
Pyissaya and
Tampawaddy
History
7th to 13th centuries
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