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Sri Lankan-styled niche

Keywords : Theravada Buddhism, Sri Lankan-styled niche, Dhammayazika, Lankavong Buddhism

Site common nameDhammayazika
Type of artworkSculpture
Province/CityBagan
StateMandalay
CountryMyanmar
Geographic Coordinates
Decimal degree		Lat : 21.161944
Long : 94.903333

History of productionKing Narapatisitthu, the king in the late Pukam, ordered the consruction of this chedi.
ArtSri Lankan-styled niche is an arch niche without Clec at the top. This niche shows the influence of Makara-Torana niche that featyred hugely in the late Pukam period. This is in line with history that many monks from Pukan went to study Buddhism in Lanka and brought Lankavong Buddhism back to Pukam.
PeriodHistorical Period
Art periodPagan
Age16-18 centuries BE.
ReligionBuddhism
SectTheravada

Type of LicenseAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
RightsPrincess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation2015-07-00
Record creatorChedha Tingsanchali