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Innwa (formerly Ava) is a city in the Mandalay Division of Myanmar, situated just to the south of Amarapura on the Ayeyarwady River. It is also called Ratanapura , which means City of Gems in Pali. The name "Innwa" means mouth of the lake, which comes from "in" , meaning lake, and "wa" , which means mouth. Ava is also a name. History: Ava was capital of Burma from 1364-1841 founded by King Thadominbya on an artificial island at the confluence of the Ayeyarwady and the Myitnge created by digging a canal linking the two rivers . Prior to this, Sagaing had been capital, but after Sagaing fell to the Shan, the court moved across the river to Ava. The kings of Ava set about restoring Burmese supremacy, which had disintegrated after the collapse of Pagan to the Mongol invasion under Kublai Khan that ended the First Burmese Empire founded by King Anawrahta in 1057. A Burman Ava Dynasty hi(1364-1527) was eventually established at the city of Ava by 1364. Pagan culture was revived and a great ... Read more about Ava on Wikipedia

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