Saw, Tun Lin (2023) 'Expecting the Unexpected: New Archaeological Finds at the Shwedagon Pagoda [မျှော်မှန်းမထားသည်များအတွက်ကြိုတင်ပြင်ဆင်ထားပါ – ရွှေတိဂုံစေတီတော်မှ အသစ်တွေ့ရှေးဟောင်းသုတေသနအထောက်အထားများ].' Pratu: Journal of Buddhist and Hindu Art, Architecture and Archaeology of Ancient to Premodern Southeast Asia, 2 (Report 1). pp. 1-20.
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Abstract
The Shwedagon Pagoda situated on Singuttara Hill in the centre of Yangon, is traditionally believed to have existed during the lifetime of the Buddha. Some archaeological remnants of earlier periods have occasionally been found during renovation and reconstruction projects. However, no published reports exist of previous finds on this site, nor have there been archaeological excavations to prove whether the legendary origins of the stupa are accurate or not. However, this report on unexpected archaeological finds at the Shwedagon Pagoda, demonstrates that material evidence of different periods does exist, and that this evidence can be understood within its respective stratigraphic contexts, dating from as early as the 15th century.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Additional Information: | This is the first bilingual (English and Burmese) report to be published by Pratu. |
| Keywords: | Shwedagon, excavation, Buddha images, ceramics, tiles, glaze |
| SOAS Departments & Centres: | Departments and Subunits > School of Arts Departments and Subunits > School of Arts > Department of the History of Art & Archaeology SOAS Open Access Journals > Pratu: Journal of Buddhist and Hindu Art, Architecture and Archaeology of Ancient to Premodern Southeast Asia |
| Subjects: | A General Works > AM Museums (General). Collectors and collecting (General) B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BQ Buddhism C Auxiliary Sciences of History > CC Archaeology D History General and Old World > DS Asia N Fine Arts > N Visual arts (General) N Fine Arts > NB Sculpture N Fine Arts > NK Decorative arts Applied arts Decoration and ornament |
| ISSN: | 2634176X |
| Copyright Statement: | Articles and reports are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY-NC 4.0). This enables all content to be shared, copied and redistributed in any medium or format, with permissible exceptions where required. See individual figure captions for the copyright status of illustrations. Those images accompanied by the copyright symbol © are not covered by the Creative Commons licence and cannot be further reproduced without the permission of the copyright owner. For more information see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | https://doi.org/10.25501/SOAS.00039642 |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Jun 2023 12:26 |
| URI: | https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/39642 |
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