// Middle Ages
Pagan Kingdom
- Period
- AD 850 – AD 1293
- Duration
- approx. 443 years
- Greatest extent
- around AD 1188
- Area (max.)
- approx. 442,000 km²
Period and duration
Pagan Kingdom — according to the map data from AD 850 to AD 1293, roughly 443 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
Pagan Kingdom — greatest extent around AD 1188: the mapped borders then cover about 442,000 km², roughly 0.3% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (AD 849)
- Pyu City-States
After
- Myinsaing Kingdom
- Shan States
- Hanthawaddy Kingdom
- Sukhothai Kingdom
Neighbours around AD 1188
The largest states in the region at the same time:
- Southern Song
- Khmer Empire
- Kingdom of Dali
- Sena Dynasty
- Eastern Ganga Kingdom
- Ngô Dynasty
- Haripuñjaya
Learn more
- Open the world map in AD 1188 — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Pagan Kingdom on Wikipedia
- All 300 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.