Pinle

Pinle lies in the irrigated Kyaukse plain near the walled remains of the ancient Pyu city of Maingmaw. After the decline of Pagan, it was the seat of Thihathu, one of three brothers who governed the region and founded the Myinsaing kingdom. Thihathu ruled from Pinle until he established a new capital at Pinya in 1313. The old site reflects the long history of settlement in a region whose canals and rice fields supported successive centres of power.