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Kuthodaw Pagoda

Aerial images

  • Kuthodaw & Sandamuni Pagodas

General site images

  • Model of site

Use of site

  • Monk giving a sermon under a sunflower tree 1

Maps

Pre-conservation

  • Whitewash 1

Conservation

  • Wendy Reade removing whitewash

Photographing & imaging

  • Photographing of stelae by U Kyaw Win 2015

Characteristics of stelae and inscriptions

Diversity of stelae shapes
  • A stela with Dept. of Archaeology staff
Imperfections in marble
Corrections and additions
  • Addition to header 1 - stela 81

Donor inscriptions

  • Exterior 1

King Mindon

  • King Mindon (reigned 1853-1878)

Historical images

Arthur Phayre
  • Arthur Phayre 1855 (British Library; Wikicommons)
Early photos of the Kuthodaw Pagoda
  • Image: British Library 15633 (1880s)

Pre-Kuthodaw inscribed stelae

  • Royal inscription collection, Mandalay 1

Pre-Kuthodaw Pagoda Project imaging

  • Photos taken by Prof. Willem Bollée of the Sutta- and Abhidhamma-piṭakas in 1965 1

Sagyin quarries and village

  • Sagyin marble mountain 1

Similar sites

Sandamuni Pagoda, Mandalay, Myanmar
  • Sandamuni Pagoda 1
Ledi Sayadaw monastery Monywa, Myanmar
  • An artists rendition of the Fifth Council depicting Ledi Sayadaw reciting the Abhidhamma (Kathāvatthu)
Phutthamonthon, Thailand
Karen site, Myanmar 2015
Devram Vihara, Sri Lanka 2019

Team members

  • Project members 2013