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Meritorious Curating and the Renewal of Pagoda Museums in Myanmar (2020)
Thesis
Tan, H. Meritorious Curating and the Renewal of Pagoda Museums in Myanmar. (Thesis). SOAS University of London

Gifts have been accumulated, stored and displayed at sacred sites in Myanmar for millennia as they have elsewhere within the Buddhist world. This thesis is the first attempt to analyse the phenomenon known as the ‘pagoda museum’ that existed since at... Read More about Meritorious Curating and the Renewal of Pagoda Museums in Myanmar.

A Blessing for the Land: The Architecture Art and History of a Buddhist Convent in Mustang Nepal (2018)
Book
Harrison, J., Luczanits, C., Ramble, C., & Drandul, N. (Eds.). (2018). A Blessing for the Land: The Architecture Art and History of a Buddhist Convent in Mustang Nepal. Vajra Books

In Nepal’s Mustang District, on the right bank of the Kali Gandaki river facing the large settlement of Tshug (Chusang), is a low hill known as Gönpa Gang, the “convent ridge.” Standing on the ridge are the remains of a Buddhist site, Künzang Chöling... Read More about A Blessing for the Land: The Architecture Art and History of a Buddhist Convent in Mustang Nepal.