Kuthodaw Pagoda
Aerial images
General site images
Model of site
Main entrance
Buddha shrine hall 1
Buddha shrine
Main stupa 1. Photo by Daniel Julie
Main stupa 2
Main stupa 3
Main stupa and shrine hall
Mini-pagodas housing stelae 1
Mini-pagodas housing stelae 2
Mini-pagodas housing stelae 3
Mini-pagodas housing stelae 4
Main bell
Starflower trees
Supports for old starflower tree
Newly planted Starflower tree
Starflower tree sign
Cleaning Buddha images
Local resident
UNESCO Memory of the World plaque
Use of site
Monk giving a sermon under a sunflower tree 1
Monk giving a sermon under a sunflower tree 2
Group visit to the site 1
Group visit to the site 2
Group visit to the site 3
Asalha Puja
Asalha Puja
Asalha Puja
Asalha Puja
Asalha Puja
Asalha Puja
Asalha Puja
Asalha Puja
Flowers for offering
Flowers for offering
Flowers for offering
Sorting the donations

Maps
Pre-conservation
Whitewash 1
Whitewash 2
Whitewash 3
Whitewash 4
Graffiti 1
Graffiti 2
Graffiti 3
Graffiti 4
Graffiti 5
Sticker 1
Sticker 2
Dust 1
Dust 2
Misc
Burnt synthetic blanket
Cement 1
Cement 2
Damage from bat urine prior to cleaning 1
Damage from bat urine prior to cleaning 2
Wasp nest 1
Wasp nest 2
Flaking marble 1
Flaking marble 2
Original preservation coating 1
Original preservation coating 2
Rubbish 1
Rubbish 2
Rubbish 3
Broken grate door
Vegetation growing on mini-pagoda 1
Vegetation growing on mini-pagoda 2
Vegetation overhanging pagoda and mold 1
Vegetation overhanging pagoda and mold 2
Vegetation overhanging pagoda and mold 3
Vegetation overgrowth prior to maintenance 1
Vegetation overgrowth prior to maintenance 2
Conservation
Wendy Reade removing whitewash
Wendy Reade showing Dept. of Archaeology staff cleaning method
Stela after removal of whitewash
Dept. of Archaeology staff cleaning a stela
Dept. of Archaeology staff cleaning a stela
Wendy Reade cleaning stela
Dept. of Archaeology staff removing cement splashes
Allon and the site manager U Wai Lwin inspecting a cleaned stela 2016
Testing preservative coating 2015 1
Testing preservative coating 2015 2
Tree cut back from pagodas
Clearing weeds
Clearing weeds
Rubbish and weeds removed
Repaired grate door, new lock and repainted number
Repaired grate door with a new padlock
Sorting out keys for new locks
Photographing & imaging
Photographing of stelae by U Kyaw Win 2015
Dampening stela before photographing
Testing the Artec Spider 3D scanner 1
Testing the Artec Spider 3D scanner 2
Characteristics of stelae and inscriptions
Diversity of stelae shapes
A stela with Dept. of Archaeology staff
Stela 013-A-01
Stela 015-A-01
Stela 017-A-01
Stela 029-B-01
Stela 036-A-01
Stela 046-A-01
Stela 352-A-01
Stela 356-A-01
Stela 363-A-01
Stela 380-A-01
Stela 545-A-01
Stela 561-B-01
Stela 562-A-01
Writing detail 1
Writing detail 2
Writing detail 3
Imperfections in marble
Corrections and additions
Addition to header 1 - stela 81
Addition to header 2
Addition to header 3
Addition to header 4
Correction - stela 54 (1)
Correction - stela 54 (2)
Correction - stela 55 (1)
Correction - stela 55 (2)
Correction - stela 62 (1)
Correction - stela 62 (2)
Correction - stela 62 (3)
Correction - stela 81 (1)
Correction - stela 81 (2)
Correction - stela 710
Correction misc 1a
Correction misc 1b detail
Correction misc 2a
Correction misc 2b detail
Correction misc 3
Correction misc 4
Correction misc 5
Decoration - stela 115 (1)
Decoration - stela 115 (2)
Decoration - stela 115 (3)
Marking of lines in margin - stela 65
Marking of lines in margin
Poor reinking - stela 70 (1)
Poor reinking - stela 70 (2)
Poor reinking - stela 70 (3)
Repaired stela - stela 66
Donor inscriptions
Exterior 1
Exterior 2
Exterior 3
Exterior 4
Exterior 5
Interior 1
Interior 2
Interior 3
Railing
Starflower tree support 1
Starflower tree support 2
Wall mosaic
King Mindon
King Mindon (reigned 1853-1878)
King Mindon (reigned 1853-1878)
Historical images
Arthur Phayre
Arthur Phayre 1855 (British Library; Wikicommons)
Meeting of Arthur Phayre with the envoy of King Mindon in Calcutta 1854 (V&A Museum 2006AF4320)
Ambassador of the King of Burma seated with Major Phayre painted ca. 1854 (V&A Museum 2006AF5044)
Ambassador of the King of Burma holding the hand of Major Phayre (V&A Museum 2006AM2139)
Early photos of the Kuthodaw Pagoda
Image: British Library 15633 (1880s)
Image: British Library 18011 (1900)
Image: British Library 18012 (1900)
Image: British Library 31234 (1886)
Image: British Library 31247 (1886)
Image: British Library 31248 (1886)
Image: British Library 88129 (1890s)
Image: British Library 1004154 (1903)
Image: British Library 1004155 (1903)
Image: British Library 1004156 (1903)
Image: British Library 10032563 (1880s)
Kuthodaw prior to 1907
Monks comparing reading on stelae (Sangāyanā Monthly Bulletin 1.1, 1953, 11)
Pre-Kuthodaw inscribed stelae
Royal inscription collection, Mandalay 1
Royal inscription collection, Mandalay 2
Royal inscription collection, Mandalay 3
Pre-Kuthodaw Pagoda Project imaging
Photos taken by Prof. Willem Bollée of the Sutta- and Abhidhamma-piṭakas in 1965 1
Photos taken by Prof. Willem Bollée of the Sutta- and Abhidhamma-piṭakas in 1965 1
DVD of the Kuthodaw inscriptions produced by Alpha Computers in 2006
Sagyin quarries and village
Sagyin marble mountain 1
Sagyin marble mountain 2
Sagyin marble mountain 3
Sagyin marble mountain 4
Sagyin village 1
Sagyin village 2
Sagyin village 3
Sagyin village 4
Sagyin village 5
Sagyin village 6
Sagyin village 7
Sagyin village 8
Sagyin village 9
Sagyin village 10
Sagyin village 11
Sagyin village 12
Sagyin village 13
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Team members
Project members 2013
Meeting with the Director General of Archaeology 2014
Project members 2014
Project members 2014
Daw Sanda Khin, Deputy Minister of Culture, inspecting KPP work on 2014 with DG of Archaeology & Wendy Reade 2014
Project members 2014
Project meeting 2015
Photographer U Kyaw Win 2015
Project members 2015
Project members 2015
Project members 2015
Project members 2015
Project members 2015
Sitagu International Buddhist Academie transcription team 2017
Sitagu International Buddhist Academie transcription team 2017
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