(called by the Burmese Pri, and by the Mohammedans Pron), a town in the British territory of Pegu, on the left bank of the Irrawaddy, 113 miles N.W. of Pegu. It is surrounded by a brick wall, palisade, and ditch, about two miles in circuit, and outside of these there are extensive suburbs. South of the town stand many pagodas, on the tops of small but steep hills. The flatness of the ground on which it is built renders the town liable to inundations of the river; and it has also on more than one occasion suffered from fire. By the latter calamity nearly the whole town was destroyed in the beginning of 1856. It has, however, many advantages for its speedy rise, especially as a place of trade. Paper is made here; and the adjacent country is laid out in gardens and rice-grounds. The town was taken by the British in 1825, and again in 1852, on both occasions with hardly any opposition from the Burmese. Pop. 30,000.