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Bu Pya

Keywords : Bagan, King Anawratha, BuPya

Site common nameBu Pya
Type of artworkArchitecture
Province/CityBagan
StateMandalay
CountryMyanmar
Geographic Coordinates
Decimal degree		Lat : 21.176111
Long : 94.857778

History of productionOriginally, Pagan had been the settlement of the indigenous people before the ascent of King Anawratha. The legend gives us the lists of the legendary successive kings before the 10th century. Even though these kings are not able to be confirmed as the fact, Bu-Pya is the evidence of the early settlement in this area.
ArtThe style of this stupa is in the heaped-grain-liked design as the Aṇḍa is elongate. The spire is in simple cone shape. As the characteristics of this Stupa is closely similar to Sri Ksestra Stupa, such as Payama and Bo Bo Gyi, this stupa seems to predate King Anawratha.
PeriodHistorical Period
Art periodSri Ksetra
Age6th-10th century A.D.
ReligionBuddhism
SectTheravada

Type of LicenseAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
RightsPrincess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation2015-02-00
Record creatorChedha Tingsanchali