
Dhammayangyi
Location: SE of Bagan Inscription inside entrance hall An inscription inside the entrance hall dates to 1165. It lists bonded servants, including female singers and

Min-o-chantha Group
The Minochantha group consists of 3 stupas. They are non-pentagonal representations of the hpaya-nga-zu theme. The other non-pentagonal temple with this theme is the Penathagu

Nat Taung Kyaung – Teak Monastery
We visited this monastery on our second day in Bagan in 2009. This was the only monastery we visited while in Bagan. According to Sylvia

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