Shan Kingdom
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The Shan Kingdom was a kingdom in the north of the country now called Myanmar.
[edit] Shan-guo
According to ancient Chinese annals, a kingdom called Shan-guo which means the kingdom or the state of Shan, based on the pronunciation of the two Chinese characters, sent its envoys to “pay tribute” to China many times during the 1st and 2nd centuries AD.
[edit] Sagaing
Sagaing was the first capital of the Shan kingdom around 1315. It kept its role for over fifty years and today owes its importance above all to the famous hill scattered with temples and stupas. In modern times Sagaing is no longer within the region inhabited by Shan peoples or ruled by Shan saophas.
