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Ancient Buddhist shrines and pagodas rise above green vegetation in Pagan, Myanmar, with a large tiered stupa and brick temple prominent against distant hills. Pagan, Myanmar Buddhist temples Ananda Temple and Thatpyinnyu Temple The Ananda temple, Pagan; its top portion, a restoration, was broken off in an earthquake in 1975 Ananda temple, Pagan, Myanmar, dedicated 1090. The library at Pagan, now in Myanmar, c. 1058. Shwesandaw cetiya (a building that combines the attributes of both stupa and shrine), Pagan, now in Myanmar, 11th century. Terra-cotta relief at the Petleik-Matangjakata temple, Pagan, now in Myanmar, late 11th century.
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The Ananda temple, Pagan; its top portion, a restoration, was broken off in an earthquake in 1975
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Pagan

Myanmar
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Philip S. Rawson
Dean, School of Art and Design, Goldsmiths' College, London, 1981–84. Curator, Gulbenkian Museum of Oriental Art and Archaeology, University of Durham, England, 1960–79. Author of The Arts of Southeast...
Philip S. Rawson
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Pagan, village, central Myanmar (Burma), situated on the left bank of the Irrawaddy River and approximately 90 miles (145 km) southwest of Mandalay. The site of an old capital city of Myanmar, Pagan is a pilgrimage centre and contains ancient Buddhist shrines that have been restored and redecorated and are in current use. Ruins of other shrines and pagodas cover a wide area. An earthquake on July 8, 1975, severely damaged more than half of...

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