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Ancient Pagan; Buddhist Plain of Merit
by Stadtner, Donald M
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No dust jacket issued
- ISBN 10
- 974986302X
- ISBN 13
- 9789749863022
- Seller
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About This Item
Bangkok: River Books, 2005. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. Very good/No dust jacket issued. Michael Freeman (Photography) and Donald M. Stadtn. Format is approximately 6.75 inches by 9.5 inches. 286, [2] pages. Front and back covers have flaps. Endpaper maps. Spellings and Proper Names. Illustrations (mostly in color). Glossary. Suggested Reading. Index. Donald M Stadtner, who has visited Pagan many times and is an expert in Indian and Burmese arts, has selected 33 monuments highlighting Pagan's history. Includes information on the Walled City, Ananda Temple, Myinkaba, Hpetleik, Wetkyi-In, Dhammayan-Gyi, Payathonzu and other places of interest. Burma/Mayanmar has opened up to tourism in the last year or two and record numbers are now visiting this beautiful, mesmerizing country. All visitors to Burma will visit the ancient kingdom of Pagan (now called Bagan), along with the Inle lake, it is the most visited place in Burma and captures the heart and imagination of all who see the sun set on this beguiling landscape of temples and stupas. Pagan is the largest and most resplendent center of Buddhist art in the ancient world. Construction in the city peaked between the 11th and 13th centuries when over 2,000 temples, monasteries and stupas were created along the eastern bank of the Irrawaddy. Local architects mastered complex brick vaulting techniques unrivaled in Asia, while mural painters and stone carvers fashioned a distinctive style of Burmese art. The pace of building slowed dramatically after the capital shifted to the Mandalay area in the mid-14th century, but the city never lost its special religious and cultural significance, furnishing a field of merit to Buddhists old and new. Burma, now known as Myanmar, was terra incognita for many decades, but the lifting of travel restrictions has made this temple city now accessible.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 84997
- Title
- Ancient Pagan; Buddhist Plain of Merit
- Author
- Stadtner, Donald M
- Illustrator
- Michael Freeman (Photography) and Donald M. Stadtn
- Format/Binding
- Trade paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket issued
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Presumed First Edition, First printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 974986302X
- ISBN 13
- 9789749863022
- Publisher
- River Books
- Place of Publication
- Bangkok
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- Bhuddism, Pagan, Bagan, Inle Lake, Temples, Stupas, Monasteries, Irrawaddy, Brick Vaulting, Architecture, Mural Paintings, Stone Carvings, Art, Burma, Myanmar, Monuments, Ananda Temple, Myinkaba, Hpetleik, Wetkyi-In, Dhammayan-Gyi, Payathonzu
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