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BURMA/SCHWEGUGYI TEMPLE

SHWE GU GYI TEMPLE built in 1131 on a high brick platform by the Irrawaddy river by King Alongsithu. Two stone slabs in the inner walls tell its story It took 7 months to build it

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Picture No
10150121
Media ID
48911453
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library/HUBERTUS KANUS
Source
Photograph by Hubertus Kanus (HK2 - S12 - 107) from 1983
Date
1131

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1131 Bagan Birman Buddhism Build Irrawaddy Pagan Shwe Slabs


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