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Manuha
Keywords : Bagan, King Anawratha, Manuha
Site common name | Manuha |
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Type of artwork | Architecture |
Village | - |
Province/City | Bagan |
State | Mandalay |
Country | Myanmar |
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree | Lat : 21.153056 Long : 94.859167 |
History of production | King Anawratha launched his army for capturing Thaton as Manuha, the king of Mon, had tried to disobey against him. After the capture of Thaton, the Theravāda canons have been taken to Pagan and King Manuha has also been captured. The legend narrates that King Manuha was imprisoned at Pagan and he constructed the temple Manuha to express his distressing. |
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Art | Manuha is the good example of the image-house or Paṭimāghara in Early Pagan Art. The temple comprises four attached image-houses, including three for sitting Buddha images and one for the reclining Buddha. |
Art period | Pagan |
Age | 10th-12th century A.D. |
Religion | Buddhism |
Sect | Theravada |
Religion and belief | It is difficult to prove whether this temple belongs to the period of Manuha or not. However, this temple is the best examplefor Pagan image-house. |
Type of License | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND) |
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Rights | Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre |
Date of record creation | 2015-02-00 |
Record creator | Chedha Tingsanchali |