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Myanmar UNESCO world heritage sites

Bago state [capital = Pegu]

Pyu Ancient City in Sri Ksetra on Tharay-Khit-taya, Pyay
The Pyu occupied several sites across Upper Myanmar, with Sri Ksetra recorded as the largest, the city wall enclosing an area of 1,477 hectares, although a recent survey found it enclosed 1,857 hectares within its monumental brick walls, with an extramural area of a similar size, being the largest Southeast Asian city before Angkor times.

Kachin state [capital = Myitkyina]

Pyu Ancient City in Hanlin, Wetlet
In the era of the Pyu city-states it was a city of considerable significance, possibly a local capital replacing Sri Ksetra. Today the modest village is noted for its hot springs and archaeological sites.

Magway state [capital = Magway]

Pyu Ancient City in Beikthano
Named after the Hindu god Vishnu, the city may be the first capital of a culturally and perhaps even politically uniform state in the history of Burma. It was a large fortified settlement, measuring approximately 300 hectares inside the rectangular (3 km by 1 km) walls. The walls and fortifications along it measured six meters thick, and are radiocarbon dated to a period between 180 BCE and 610 CE.

Mandalay state [capital = Mandalay]

Sacred Landscape in Bagan
The site’s eight components include numerous temples, stupas, monasteries and places of pilgrimage, as well as archaeological remains, frescoes and sculptures.