AMARAPURA, a suburb of Mandalay, Burma; pop. 0930 8,254. The town was founded in 1783 to form a new capital about 6m. to the north-east of Ava. In 181 o it was estimated to contain I70,00o inhabitants; but a fire in that year and the removal of the native court to Ava in 1823 caused a decline. In 1827 its popula tion was estimated at only 30,000. An earthquake in 1839 de stroyed the greater part of the city. It was finally abandoned in 186o, when King Minden' occupied Mandalay. Amarapura was laid out on much the same plan as Ava. The ruins of the city wall, now overgrown with jungle, show it to have been a square with a side of about three-quarters of a mile in length. At each corner stood a solid brick pagoda about 1 oof t. high. A celebrated temple, adorned with 2 5o lofty pillars of gilt wood, contained a colossal bronze statue of Buddha. The remains of the former palace of the Burmese monarchs still survive in the centre of the town. Amara Pura was defended by a rampart and a large square citadel, with a broad moat, the walls being 7,000f t. long and 2oft. high, with a bastion at each corner. The Burmans know it now as Myohaung, "the old city." It has a station on the Rangoon-Mandalay railway, and is the junction for the line to Maymyo and Lashio and for the Sagaing-Myitkyina railway. Amarapura is known to the Burmans as Taung-myo, "the southern city," as distinguished from Man dalay, the Myauk-myo, or "northern city."