Paungde

Paungde lies south of Prome in the lowlands between the Irrawaddy and the Pegu Yoma. The surrounding country contains villages, fields and Buddhist shrines linked by streams and seasonal waters. At nearby Thegon, a pagoda standing amid water is associated in local legend with the founding of ancient Sri Ksetra. Rest houses on the embankments served pilgrims who came to worship there. The wider region belonged to the river country through which travellers passed between Upper and Lower Burma.