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Sunset from Mandalay Hill. Once on the terrace of the Sutaungpyei Pagoda, a panoramic view of the Mandalay plain stretches far to the horizon, with the old city walls and moat, the Thudhamma Zayats (rest houses), various stupas around such as the Kuthodaw Pagoda and its 729 satellite stupas each housing a page inscribed in stone the world's largest book (the entire Pali Buddhist Canon ...
Mindon Min had the pagoda built as part of the traditional foundations of the new royal city of Mandalay in 1857. He was later to convene the Fifth Buddhist Synod in 1871, but wanted to leave a great work of merit by having the Tipitaka set in stone for posterity, meant to last five millennia after the Buddha .
The moat seen from the East Gate Bridge with the Mandalay Hill in the background King Thibaw's royal barge on the Mandalay Palace moat in 1885. Surrounding the walls, at a distance of about 18 m (60 ft) from them, is a moat 64 m (210 ft) wide, and of an average depth of 4.5 m (15 ft).
Stone tablets inscribed with the Tripiṭaka (and other Buddhist texts) stand upright in the grounds of the Kuthodaw Pagoda (kuthodaw means 'royal merit') at the foot of Mandalay Hill in Mandalay, Myanmar (Burma). The work was commissioned by King Mindon as part of his transformation of Mandalay into a royal capital. It was completed in 1868.
Eindawya Pagoda (Burmese: အိမ်တော်ရာဘုရား; lit. ' royal house pagoda ') is a Buddhist stupa located in Mandalay, Myanmar. [1] It was built by King Pagan Min in 1847, [1] on the site of his residence before he ascended the throne; gilt from top to bottom; a shrine of fine proportions. [1]
Kyauksein Pagoda (Burmese: ကျောက်စိမ်းစေတီ, lit. ' Jade Pagoda '), formally known as the Varocana Kyauksein Zedi (ဝေရောစန ကျောက်စိမ်းစေတီတော်), is a Buddhist pagoda located in the outskirts of Amarapura, Mandalay Region, Myanmar (Burma).
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