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    marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Burmese script. The Shwezigon Pagoda or Shwezigon Paya (ရွှေစည်းခုံဘုရား [ɕwèzíɡòʊɰ̃ pʰəjá]) is a Buddhist stupa...
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    Shwezigon Pagoda in Nyaung-U, Myanmar. Completed during the reign of King Kyanzittha in 1102, it is a prototype of Burmese stupas. Uppatasanti Pagoda...
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    The Shwezigon Pagoda Bell (Burmese: ရွှေစည်းခုံဘုရား ခေါင်းလောင်း) is a temple bell located at the Shwezigon Pagoda in Bagan, Myanmar. The 3423 kg bell...
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    after the Shwezigon Pagoda of Bagan, the over 53 m tall pagoda is one of the main attractions of the historical old town area. The Nan Oo Pagoda was constructed...
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    The Shwezigon Pagoda Bell Inscription (Burmese: ရွှေစည်းခုံဘုရား ခေါင်းလောင်းစာ) is a multi-language inscription found on the Shwezigon Pagoda Bell, donated...
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    terra-cotta tiles depicting Buddhist jataka stories. The Shwezigon Pagoda and the Shwesandaw Pagoda are the earliest examples of this type. Examples of the...
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  • Brown Cowing. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-0368-1. "Shwezigon Pagoda at Pagan". British Library On Line gallery. Retrieved 8 November 2015...
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    temple building began in earnest. Kyansittha completed Anawrahta's Shwezigon Pagoda and built his crowning achievement, the Ananda Temple. Pagan became...
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    monument was the Shwezigon Pagoda. The work began in 1059 but was still unfinished at his death 18 years later. He also built the Shwesandaw Pagoda south of Pagan...
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    (57 m) high, and is modelled after the Shwezigon Pagoda at Nyaung-U near Bagan. In the grounds of the pagoda are 729 kyauksa gu or stone-inscription...
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    Hti (category Pagodas in Myanmar)
    Botataung Pagoda. The hti of Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda. The old hti of the Myat Saw Brothers Pagoda in Taungoo. The current hti of Shwezigon Pagoda The old hti...
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    Region) - Pyatho Shwezigon Pagoda Festival (Bagan, Mandalay Region) - Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda Festival (Kyaikhto, Mon State) - Nadaw Shwedagon Pagoda Festival (Yangon...
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    December 1996. Kuthodaw Pagoda (The World's Biggest Book): Built by King Mindon in 1857, this pagoda modeled on the Shwezigon Pagoda at Nyaung-U, is surrounded...
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    The Shwezigon Pagoda is located there. The other popular places in and around Nyaung-U were Htilominlo Pagoda Gubyaukgyi Pagoda Ahlodawpyae Pagoda and...
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    themselves say the army arrived at Pegu 13 marches later. Per the Shwezigon Pagoda Bell Inscription (Maha Yazawin Vol. 2 2006: 339), the army took Pegu...
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    terra-cotta tiles depicting Buddhist jataka stories. The Shwezigon Pagoda and the Shwesandaw Pagoda are the earliest examples of this type. Examples of the...
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  • Nga-kywe-na-daung Stupa, the Pahto Thamya and Shwegugyi Temples, the Shwezigon Pagoda and the Sulamani and Thatbyinnyu Temple. The Gawdawpalin Temple in...
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    Inscription, Mon alphabet and language The Phra Pathom Mon inscription The Shwezigon Pagoda Bell Inscription Mon inscription on a Sima stone from Takaw-Kamain...
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    Lawkananda Pagoda Mahabodhi Temple Manuha Temple Mingalazedi Pagoda Payathonzu Temple Shwegugyi Temple Shwesandaw Pagoda Shwezigon Pagoda Sulamani Temple...
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    Myanmar. The event is later commemorated with an inscription on the Shwezigon Pagoda Bell. February 4 – Pope Paul IV creates the metropolitan archdiocese...
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    stupas of Sri Ksetra were in turn prototypes for Pagan's such as the Shwezigon, Shwehsandaw, and Mingalazedi, and ultimately, the Shwedagon in modern...
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    site of Shwezigon Pagoda. "Bagan pagoda provides endless vistas". Myanmar Times. 12 January 2009. Retrieved 14 October 2012. Ancient Pagodas In Myanmar...
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    using elephants as military might. The construction of the Buddhist Shwezigon Pagoda and its tolerance for believers of older polytheistic gods helped Theravada...
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    Myanmar. The event is later commemorated with an inscription on the Shwezigon Pagoda Bell. February 4 – Pope Paul IV creates the metropolitan archdiocese...
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  • thousands to travel up the Irrawaddy river to pay pilgrimage to the Shwezigon Pagoda at Pagan inside Ava's territory. When the king of Prome, a small kingdom...
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    (1413; Tyr, Russia) in Chinese, Mongolian and Jurchen; see below. the Shwezigon Pagoda Bell Inscription (1557; Bagan, Burma) in Burmese, Mon and Pali Important...
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    Bagan Stucco on facade of Htilominlo Temple Surviving Wood carvings on Shwezigon Pagoda, Bagan After the Mongol invasions of Burma and the subsequent decline...
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  • The king build a stupa known as the Mingalazedi Pagoda, serving as a replica of the Shwezigon Pagoda, in memory of his queen. This stupa was situated...
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  • banished. Anawrahta also patronized the construction of the Shwezigon Pagoda and the Shwesandaw Pagoda. After his reign, Theravāda Buddhism remained the dominant...
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    temple builder. Some of his main achievements include the Shwezigon Pagoda and the Shwesandaw Pagoda. However, Anawrahta did not attempt to remove all non-Theravāda...
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