Packet 7: Tossup 3

This kingdom began a practice of recouping tax-exempt land by “purifying” the clergy through sasana reforms. A much-scrutinized tradition holds that this kingdom borrowed its alphabet from the court of the captive Manuha, whose southern domain this kingdom conquered to obtain up-to-date scriptures. (10[1])After abandoning its Ari Gaing (“GUY-ng”) tradition, this kingdom made ruinous land donations to the sangha and accepted a replica tooth relic from Sri Lanka’s king (10[1])Vijayabāhu (-5[1])I. (10[1])The flight of this kingdom’s last ruler, Sithu IV (10[1])(“see-thoo the fourth”), from a Yuan dynasty (10[1])invasion created an 80-year power vacuum that ended (-5[1])with the rise of the Ava (“ah-vuh”) Kingdom. (10[1])This kingdom (10[1])expanded (-5[1])south (-5[1])into the lands of the Mon people (-5[1])during the 11th-century (10[1])reign of Anawrahta (10[1])(“uh-NAW-ruh-tuh”), following its assimilation (10[1])of the Pyu city-states. For (10[1])10 points, what medieval kingdom was the first to unify Myanmar? (10[2])■END■ (10[5]0[10])

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