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Kuthodaw

Keywords : Shwezigon, Kuthodaw

Site common nameKuthodaw
Type of artworkArchitecture
Province/CityMandalay
StateMandalay
CountryMyanmar
Geographic Coordinates
Decimal degree		Lat : 22.004444
Long : 96.112778

History of productionAfter organizing the Buddhist canon reconciliation at Mandalay, King Mindon has Kuthodaw temple constructed to keep the marble inscriptions of Buddhist canons. Kuthodaw is therefore considered as the largest book in the world.
ArtKuthodaw premise composes of the main stupa modelled after Shwezigon and the subsidiary smaller temples enshrining the inscriptions of Buddhist canons. These temples have been arranged into three groups, namely Vinaya Sutta and Abhidhamma.
PeriodHistorical Period
Art periodAmarapura-Mandalay
Age18th-19th 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