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number is said to be over 400,000. At both the places i.e. in Moniwa and here the festival season happens to be between Dussera and Diwali season. Muni Kalakacharya in Suvarnabhumi: The places from South Burma upto Malaya and Sumatra was called Suvarnabhumi. See Map. [31] which includes Bankam or Bay of Banka.
The peninsula of Banka was a general earth route between Malaya and Java. An Indian Muni named Kalakacahrya along with his disciples travelled to these places and worked to spread Jainism. Muni Kalakacharya was not an ordinary Saint, he was also a prophetic, and great scholar of Astrology. The Indian astrological advancement owe entirely to him. From the stories run about him, he was a son of King and queen Vayar Singh & Sur sundari of Dharavas. He had gone to mid-east countries and brought Ramal Knowledge from there. However, a scholar named Bhogasar Gani has mentioned about this knowledge in a Ramal Granatha written in Sanskrit language. He travelled rom Burma upto South China. Dr. RC Majumdar has mentioned in a book from Anam Champa that a brahaman Named Khaoodel, from western India went there. Dr Umakant Shah has also mentioned, that Kalakacharya went upto regions of Gulf of Banka, near Sumatra.
Bagan region:
Bagan sits on the eastern bank of a deep bend of Irrawaddy river. Bagan (Sri Kshyetra) is one of the most religious sites of archeological importance in Myanmar. Across 40 sq.km of country stretching from Irrawaddy river stand thousands of stupas and temples in every direction. In 1287, the city was devastated by Kublai Khan and was never rebuilt The name Bagan derived from Pyugan, a name first written down by Annamese (Vietenamese) in the mid 11 th century as Pukan. Bagan's prime began with the Bamar King Anawaratha or Aniruddha (1044-1077) ascent to the throne in 1044 AD as the founder of Burma. In 1975 Bagan was shaken by a powerful earthquake at 6.5 Richter scale.
Classifying the ancient monuments of Bagan, the official count of the archeological sites was 4446 by the end of 13th century. In an earthquake of 6.5 Richter scale in 1975 around 2000 such sites were destroyed. No thorough archeological study of Bagan could be carried out, since the Burmese Government could allow only the restoration work and not any excavation.
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