Srikshetra

Ancient name for Prome in lower Burma, the historical center of the Pyus. It became the capital and Buddhist religious center of the state by the same name in the early-mid 1st millennium AD. It was later absorbed by Pagan.

The ancient name for Prome in Lower Burma, the historical centre of gravity of the Pyus. Here, a Pyu Theravada Buddhist colony existed as early as the 5 th century, and a dynasty of Pyu kings bearing Sanskrit names reigned in the 7th and 8th centuries. The architecture of Srikshetra shows influences from northeastern India and Orissa.