Mandalay

Mandalay, the chief town of Upper Burma, is situated a little to the east of the Irawady, near Amarapura, the old capital, and some 30 miles north of Ava. From 1860 to 1886 it was the capital of Burma, but by the treaty of the latter year it fell into the hands of the English, by whom it had been captured in 1885. The chief object of interest in the place is the Aracan Pagoda, containing a brass image of the Buddha 12 feet in height. Silk weaving, carving, and gold- and silver-working are the chief industries. The year of the British occupation was marked by a great fire and disastrous floods. [Burma.]