Kuthodaw Pagoda Collection Site Research Publicity Sponsors Gallery Resources Aerial images Kuthodaw & Sandamuni Pagodas Kuthodaw Pagoda Kuthodaw & Sandamuni pagodas. Photo by Anandajoti Bhikkhu 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 Kuthodaw Pagoda site mapDownload 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 Similar sites Sandamuni Pagoda, Mandalay, Myanmar Sandamuni Pagoda 1 Sandamuni Pagoda 2 Sandamuni Pagoda 3 Sandamuni Pagoda 4 (Wikicommons) Sandamuni Pagoda 5 (Wikicommons) Sandamuni Pagoda 6 (Wikicommons) Sandamuni Pagoda 7 (Wikicommons) Sandamuni Pagoda 8 (Wikicommons) Sandamuni Pagoda 9 (Wikicommons) Ledi Sayadaw monastery Monywa, Myanmar An artists rendition of the Fifth Council depicting Ledi Sayadaw reciting the Abhidhamma (Kathāvatthu) Ledi Sayadaw's monastery, Monywa 1 Ledi Sayadaw's monastery, Monywa 2 Ledi Sayadaw's monastery, Monywa 3 Ledi Sayadaw's monastery, Monywa 4 Ledi Sayadaw's monastery, Monywa 5 Ledi Sayadaw's monastery, Monywa 6 Ledi Sayadaw's monastery, Monywa 7 Phutthamonthon, Thailand Karen site, Myanmar 2015 Devram Vihara, Sri Lanka 2019 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 Sitagu International Buddhist Academie transcription team 2017 KP001-01 First Text [draft]