Amarapura, Or Ummerapura, a city of the Burinan empire, 6 m. N. E. of Ava, near the left bank of the Irrawaddy. It was founded in 1783, and made the capital of the country, but in 1819 the seat of government was transferred again to Ava. In March, 1810, the whole city, then containing over 170,000 inhabitants, was burned to the ground. In 1827 the population was not over 30,000. Many of the public buildings present a magnificent spectacle, having their roofs richly gilt within and without. One of its temples, a vast edifice adorned with sculptures, contains a colossal bronze statue of Gautama. A whole street was formerly occupied by goldsmiths. Dr. Adolf Bastian, who visited Amarapura in 1861-'2, describes it as entirely decayed, only a suburb inhabited by Chinese exhibiting any activity.