Description
- The Konbaung dynasty (1752–1885) was the last Burmese royal house, briefly the dominant land power of mainland Southeast Asia after sacking Ayutthaya (1767)
- Construction: a white swallowtail banner charged with a red disc bearing the royal peacock (မယူရ) — the Burmese dynastic emblem signifying solar kingship
- The peacock survived as a Burmese nationalist symbol after the British conquest and appeared on 20th-century independence flags
Trivia
- Expanded to the borders of today's Bangladesh, Assam, Manipur, and Thailand at its peak
- Three Anglo-Burmese Wars (1824, 1852, 1885) steadily reduced the kingdom until Britain deposed the last king, Thibaw, and annexed Upper Burma
- The dancing peacock remained the unofficial national symbol through colonial rule and into today's Myanmar
json:data
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"years": "1752–1885",
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"index": "c/myanmar:1752",
"title": "Peacock Standard of the Konbaung Dynasty",
"ratio": "2:3",
"colors": [
{
"color": "white",
"hex": "#ffffff",
"note": "Field of the royal banner."
},
{
"color": "red",
"hex": "#c8102e",
"note": "Solar disc."
},
{
"color": "blue",
"hex": "#1d508d",
"note": "Peacock's body."
},
{
"color": "green",
"hex": "#4e9a2e",
"note": "Plumage."
}
],
"desc": "- The Konbaung dynasty (1752–1885) was the last Burmese royal house, briefly the dominant land power of mainland Southeast Asia after sacking Ayutthaya (1767)\n - **Construction:** a white swallowtail banner charged with a red disc bearing the **royal peacock** (မယူရ) — the Burmese dynastic emblem signifying solar kingship\n - The peacock survived as a Burmese nationalist symbol after the British conquest and appeared on 20th-century independence flags",
"flag": "empires/konbaung.svg",
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},
"trivia": "- Expanded to the borders of today's Bangladesh, Assam, Manipur, and Thailand at its peak\n - Three Anglo-Burmese Wars (1824, 1852, 1885) steadily reduced the kingdom until Britain deposed the last king, Thibaw, and annexed Upper Burma\n - The dancing peacock remained the unofficial national symbol through colonial rule and into today's Myanmar",
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