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Mandalay, capital of Upper Burma, on the Irawadi, in the centre of the country, 360 m. N. of Rangoon; was seized by the British in 1885. The Aracan Pagoda, with a brazen image of the Buddha, attracts many pilgrims, and Buddhist monasteries cluster outside the town. There are silk-weaving, gold, silver, ivory, and wood work, gong-casting and sword-making industries. Great fires raged in it in 1886 and 1892.

Population (1907) 189,000

From Nuttall Encylopædia, 1907

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Fort Dufferin and the moat, Mandalay
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Fort Dufferin; Mandalay; Mandalay Division; Myanmar