Sapada

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Site common name	Sapada
Type of artwork	Architecture
Village	Nyaung U
Province/City	Bagan
State	Mandalay
Country	Myanmar
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree	Lat : 21.194722 Long : 94.906667

History of production	This stupa was constructed during the reign of King Narapatisitthu. It was constructed by Sapada, a monk and a student of Pagan’s former patriarch. He travelled to Sri Lanka and initiated the Sri Lankan sect of Buddhism in Pagan after hi return.
Art	Sapada is the example of the combination between Sri Lankan styled and Burmese styled Stupa. Whereas the base is decorated with small square panels following the Burmese convention, the plan of this stupa is circular and devoid of staircase as well as devoid of the upper circumambulatory path following Sri Lankan tradition. The Aṇḍa of this stupa is hemispheric and the square Harmikā is also provided on the top of Aṇḍa. These Aṇḍa and Harmikā characters also follow the Sri Lankan convention.
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