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This article has been extracted from <br/>

THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908.<br/>	

OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.
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''Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value. ''
 
=Myohaung Village=
('Old town'). — Head-quarters of the township 
of the same name in Akyab District, Lower Burma, situated in 
20° 35' N. and 93° 12'' E., on a branch of the Kaladan, about 40 miles 
from Akyab and the Bay of Bengal. This village was formerly the 
capital of the ancient kingdom of Arakan. The seat of government 
is said to have been moved here from Dwarawadi, farther south in 
Sandoway District, about the close of the tenth century, in consequence 
of aggressions across the Arakan Yoma from the kingdom of Prome ; 
and Myohaung remained the capital till Arakan was finally absorbed 
into the kingdom of Ava in the eighteenth century. 

In the first 
Burmese War Myohaung was one of the earliest points of attack. It 
was besieged by a British division which had marched by land from 
Bengal, and was captured after a stubborn resistance at the end of 
March, 1825. On Arakan passing under British rule at the close 
of the war, the official head-quarters were not located in the ancient 
capital, but in the more accessible Akyab, at the mouth of the 
Kaladan ; and Myohaung is now little more than a village. In 1901 
its population amounted to 2,833. 

The ruins of the ancient fort are still in existence ; they consist of 
three square enclosures, one within the other, surrounded by masonry 
walls of very considerable thickness, built of stone and brick set in 
cement. The openings in the hills surrounding Myohaung also con- 
tain remains of defences. In the village itself the site of the old palace 
is still traceable.