Shwesandaw

Site common name	Shwesandaw
Type of artwork	Architecture
Province/City	Bagan
State	Mandalay
Country	Myanmar
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree	Lat : 21.163889 Long : 94.866111

History of production	King Anawratha constructed Shwezandaw for enshrining the hair relic of the Buddha taken from Mon country.
Art	This stupa is supported by the series of five multi-angled square bases which is beyond the number of the same element of Shwezigon. The bases are punctuated by the staircases at the cardinal directions leading to the circumambulatory paths on the top of every step. The bell-shaped element is quite small as the bases are very high. The square throne on the top of the bell-shaped element is omitted, typical to Burmese stupa . The spire comprises the series of rings (Chatravali) and the lotus-bud-liked pinnacle. As the bell-shaped element is too small, the later Zedi followed the convention of triple bases, as Shwezigon, instead of the series of five.
Period	Historical Period
Art period	Pagan
Age	10th-12th century A.D.
Religion	Buddhism
Sect	Theravada

Type of License	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
Rights	Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation	2015-02-00
Record creator	Chedha Tingsanchali