Kingdom of Burma

Konbaung Dynasty
ကုန်းဘောင်ခေတ်
Kingdom
1752–1885
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Capital		Shwebo (1752–1760) Sagaing (1760–1765) Ava (1765–1783, 1821–1842) Amarapura (1783–1821, 1842–1859) Mandalay (1859–1885)
Languages		Burmese
Religion		Theravada Buddhism
Government		Monarchy
King
•	1752–1760	Alaungpaya (first)
•	1878–1885	Thibaw (last)
Legislature		Hluttaw
Historical era		Early modern period
•	Founding of dynasty	29 February 1752
•	Reunification of Burma	1752–1757
•	Wars with Siam	1760–1854
•	Chinese invasions	1765–1769
•	Anglo-Burmese Wars	1824–1826, 1852, 1885
•	End of dynasty	29 November 1885
Area
•	1824	794,000 km2 (307,000 sq mi)
•	1826	584,000 km2 (225,000 sq mi)
•	1852	470,000 km2 (180,000 sq mi)
•	1875	460,000 km2 (180,000 sq mi)
Population
•	1824 est.	3,000,000
Density		4/km2 (10/sq mi)
Currency		Kyat
Preceded by Succeeded by Toungoo Dynasty Restored Hanthawaddy Kingdom Mrauk-U Kingdom British Raj British rule in Burma
Today part of		Myanmar  Thailand  Laos  China  India

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The Konbaung Dynasty (Burmese: ကုန်းဘောင်ခေတ်, pronounced: [kóʊɴbàʊɴ kʰɪʔ]), formerly known as the Alompra Dynasty, was the last dynasty that ruled Burma/Myanmar from 1752 to 1885. It created the second-largest empire in Burmese history and continued the administrative reforms begun by the Toungoo dynasty, laying the foundations of the modern state of Burma. The reforms, however, proved insufficient to stem the advance of the British, who defeated the Burmese in all three Anglo-Burmese wars over a six-decade span (1824–1885) and ended the millennium-old Burmese monarchy in 1885.

An expansionist dynasty, the Konbaung kings waged campaigns against Manipur, Arakan, Assam, the Mon kingdom of Pegu and the Siamese kingdom of Ayutthaya, thus establishing the Third Burmese Empire. Subject to later wars and treaties with the British, the modern state of Burma can trace its current borders to these events.

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