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Kuthodaw Pagoda

Aerial images

  • Kuthodaw & Sandamuni Pagodas
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General site images

  • Model of site
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Use of site

  • Monk giving a sermon under a sunflower tree 1
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Maps

Kuthodaw Pagoda site mapDownload

Pre-conservation

  • Whitewash 1
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Conservation

  • Wendy Reade removing whitewash
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Photographing & imaging

  • Photographing of stelae by U Kyaw Win 2015
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Characteristics of stelae and inscriptions

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

  • Exterior 1
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King Mindon

  • King Mindon (reigned 1853-1878)
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Historical images

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

  • Royal inscription collection, Mandalay 1
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Pre-Kuthodaw Pagoda Project imaging

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

  • Sagyin marble mountain 1
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  • Sandamuni Pagoda 1
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Ledi Sayadaw monastery Monywa, Myanmar
  • An artists rendition of the Fifth Council depicting Ledi Sayadaw reciting the Abhidhamma (Kathāvatthu)
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Team members

  • Project members 2013
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