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CHIEF TOWNS
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Thabeik-kyin by a motor road 60 miles in length, it is important solely as the centre of the ruby mining industry. It has always been a wealthy town where, in the bazaar
Fig. 77. Mingun Pagoda.
in 1887, copper coins were unknown. A few miles away, at a greater height, is Bernard-myo, commemorating Sir Charles Bernard, the distinguished officer who was the first Chief Commissioner in Upper Burma.
Sagaing. Sagaing (11,737), one of many ancient capitals,
