Bagan and the World /

The archaeological site of Bagan and the kingdom which bore its name contains one of the greatest concentrations of ancient architecture and art in Asia. Much of what is visible today consists of ruins of Buddhist monasteries. While these monuments are a major tourist attraction, recent advances in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Aung-Thwin, Michael (Editor ), Miksic, John N (Editor ), Goh, Geok Yian (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2017
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Pagan (Burma) > History.
Burma > History > Pagan period, 849-1287.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Keynote : the myth of "splendid isolation" / Michael Aung-Thwin
  • 2. Analysis of construction technologies in Pyu cities and Bagan / Kyaw Lat
  • 3. Khraung-kaik Pitaka-taik : 16th-century repositories for Buddhist scriptures in Mrauk-U / Mya Oo
  • 4. Religious symbols as decorations on the Sikhara of ancient monuments in the late Bagan period / Pyiet Phyo Kyaw
  • 5. The Viṣṇu on Garuḍa from the Nat Hlaung Kyaung Temple, Bagan / Olga Deshpande and Pamela Gutman
  • 6. A thousand years before Bagan : radiocarbon dates and Myanmar's ancient Pyu cities / Bob Hudson
  • 7. Ta Mok Shwe-Gu-Gyi Temple Kyaukse and Bagan / Elizabeth Howard Moore and Win Maung (Tampawaddy)
  • 8. Silver links! Bagan-Bengal and shadowy metal corridors : 9th to 13th centuries / Rila Mukherjee
  • 9. Positioning Bagan in the Buddhist ecumene : Myanmar's trans-polity connections / Goh Geok Yian
  • 10. Orthogeneity, settlement patterns and earthenware pottery distribution in Bagan / John N. Miksic.

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