Expecting the Unexpected: New Archaeological Finds at the Shwedagon Pagoda [မျှော်မှန်းမထားသည်များအတွက်ကြိုတင်ပြင်ဆင်ထားပါ – ရွှေတိဂုံစေတီတော်မှ အသစ်တွေ့ရှေးဟောင်းသုတေသနအထောက်အထားများ]

Saw, Tun Lin

Abstract

The Shwedagon Pagoda situated on Singuttara Hill in the centre of Yangon, is traditionally believed to have existed during the lifetime of the Buddha. Some archaeological remnants of earlier periods have occasionally been found during renovation and reconstruction projects. However, no published reports exist of previous finds on this site, nor have there been archaeological excavations to prove whether the legendary origins of the stupa are accurate or not. However, this report on unexpected archaeological finds at the Shwedagon Pagoda, demonstrates that material evidence of different periods does exist, and that this evidence can be understood within its respective stratigraphic contexts, dating from as early as the 15th century.

Citation

Saw, T. L. (2023). Expecting the Unexpected: New Archaeological Finds at the Shwedagon Pagoda [မျှော်မှန်းမထားသည်များအတွက်ကြိုတင်ပြင်ဆင်ထားပါ – ရွှေတိဂုံစေတီတော်မှ အသစ်တွေ့ရှေးဟောင်းသုတေသနအထောက်အထားများ]. Pratu (London), 2(Report 1), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.25501/SOAS.00039642

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 12, 2022
• Publication Date: Jun 23, 2023
• Deposit Date: Jun 23, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Jun 23, 2023
• Electronic ISSN: 2634-176X
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 2
• Issue: Report 1
• Pages: 1-20
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.25501/SOAS.00039642
• Keywords: Shwedagon, excavation, Buddha images, ceramics, tiles, glaze
• Publisher URL: https://pratujournal.org/
• Additional Information: Additional Information : This is the first bilingual (English and Burmese) report to be published by Pratu.