Martaban (Mottama) is a small town in the Thaton district of Mon State, Burma (Myanmar). Located on the north bank of the Thanlwin river on the opposite side of Moulmein, Martaban was the first capital of the Hanthawaddy Kingdom in the 13th and 14th centuries, and an entrepôt of international repute until the mid-16th century. Martaban was the terminus of the road and the railroad from Yangon where the Thanlwin empties into the Gulf of Martaban the Andaman Sea. Today Moulmein Bridge has laid down a link from Martaban to Moulmein and other city in the south Ye.
