Shwezigon
Shwezigon Location: Nyaung U – western sector close to river bank. Year Built: Another early temple, it was started in the reign of Anawratha before
Manuha
Location: Myinkaba Village, southern edge. Close to Nanpaya. Year Built: Manuha was built by the “captive” Mon king Manuha. In Mandalay there is a stone
Nanpaya or Nan-hpaya
Location: Myinkaba Village, south-west sector. Situated south-west of Manuha Hpaya. Year Built: Built in the 11th century. Architectural details: Beautiful stone carvings fill this temple.
Pahto-thamya
Location: Inside the Bagan city-wall, west of That-byin-nyu. Very close to Nga-kywe-na-daung (Ngakwenadaung). Year Built: This is another temple among the earliest in Bagan, located
Ngakywenadaung Pagoda
Location: Inside the Bagan city-wall, west of That-byin-nyu. It is beside the dirt road bringing the Nat-hlaung-kyaung (Hindu) temple and the Pahto-thamya temple together. Year
East and West Hpet-Leik
Location: Close to Thiripyitsaya village and Shwesandaw Zedi. Year Built: Probably in the early 11th century. Strachan writes that these buildings pre-date Anawrhata. This is
Shwesandaw
Location: This temple is situated a little distance from the south of the city wall. Close to: Hpet-Leik with reclining Buddha and Jataka tablets Year
Sulamani Temple
Location: 1 miles to the SE of Bagan, beyond the Dhammayangyi Patho. Close to: Dhammayangyi Year Built: 1183 AD Builder: Sitthu II (1174-1211), a major
Pya-Tha-Da, the Unfinished Temple
This temple was damaged in the 1975 earthquake that hit Bagan. The main Buddha image is new since then. Pictures included in Pierre Pichard’s Vol.
Bagan – Temples, Stupas and Monasteries
Buddhism was being practiced in Burma (Myanmar) early in the first millenium, strongly influenced by Sri Lanka Theravadin Buddhism. However the first architectural representation of
Ananda Temple, Bagan, Myanmar
Ananda Temple Ananda temple is the grandest of all the temples in Bagan. It dates from about 1105, attributed to King Kyanzittha. Architectural prototypes of
Mi-Nyein-Gone, Bagan
Mee Nyein Gone was built in the 13th century, during the late period of Bagan. According to Paul Strachan (see reference list below), the architecture
Mrauk U Kingdom Late Phase Pagodas
Mrauk U Kingdom Late Phase – Introduction The Mrauk U Kingdom late phase began in about 1600 at the end of Min Phaloung’s reign (1571-1593)
Later Monuments of Mrauk U Kingdom Middle Phase
Andaw-Thein Andaw-thein was built during King Sajaka’s reign, 1515-1521. Min Palaung restored it twice, once in 1534 and again in 1542. After that, Min Raza
Koe-thaung Pagoda, Mrauk-U Kingdom Middle Phase
As an introduction, King Min Bin is also referred to as King Mong Bar Gre, the donor of Shit-taung. King Tikkha, also spelled Dikkha, was