Ingapu ( my, အင်္ဂပူမြို့) is a town in the

Ayeyarwady Division Ayeyarwady Region ( my, ဧရာဝတီတိုင်းဒေသကြီး , , ; formerly Ayeyarwady Division and Irrawaddy Division), is a region of Myanmar, occupying the delta region of the Ayeyarwady River (Irrawaddy River). It is bor ...

of south-west

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. It is the seat of the

Ingapu Township Ingapu Township ( my, အင်္ဂပူမြို့နယ်) is a township of Myanaung District in the Ayeyarwady Division of Myanmar. It is located in southern Myanaung District bordering Kyangin Township to the north. To the south, it bo ...

in the

Myanaung District Myanaung District is a district of the Ayeyarwady Region in Myanmar. The Myanaung District is a newer district grouping three townships formerly part of Hinthada District. The main administrative GAD office was opened on July 1st, 2022. The Dist ...

located along the

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History

The

lost city A lost city is an urban settlement that fell into terminal decline and became extensively or completely uninhabited, with the consequence that the site's former significance was no longer known to the wider world. The locations of many lost citi ...

described as Pinle Pyu () is recorded as being located next to the sea. Unlike many other small Pyu sites, the city is speculated to be large in size located downstream from the

Sri Ksetra Kingdom , conventional_long_name = Kingdom of Sri Ksetra , common_name = Kingdom of Sri Ksetra , era = Classical Antiquity , status = City-state , event_start = Founding of Kingdom , year_start = c. 3rd to 9th century CE , date_start = , ...

. Some archaeologist believe that a walled ancient religious complex 15 miles west of Ingapu may be the location of Pinle Pyu, one of the lost

Pyu city-states , conventional_long_name = Pyu city-states , common_name = Pyu City States , era = Classical antiquity , status = City , event_start = Earliest Pyu presence in Upper Burma , year_start = c. 2nd century BCE , date_start = , event_en ...

. Historians who studied the site in 2009 concluded the site may be a Pyu site based on the use of