The Shwezigon Pagoda Bell () is a
temple bell located at the
Shwezigon Pagoda
The royal Shwezigon Pagoda or Shwezigon Paya ( my-Mymr, ရွှေစည်းခုံဘုရား ) is a Buddhist stupa located in Nyaung-U, Myanmar. A prototype of Burmese stupas, it consists of a circular gold leaf-gilded stupa surro ...
in
Bagan
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,
Myanmar
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. The 3423 kg bell was dedicated to the pagoda by King
Bayinnaung
, title = King of Toungoo
, image = Bayinnaung.JPG
, caption = Statue of Bayinnaung in front of the National Museum of Myanmar
, reign = 30 April 1550 – 10 October 1581
, coronation = 11 January 1551 at Taungoo, ...
of
Toungoo Dynasty
''taungnguumainn saat''
, conventional_long_name = Toungoo dynasty
, common_name = Taungoo dynasty
, status = Empire/Monarchy, Kingdom
, event_start = Independence from Kingdom of Ava, Ava Kingdom
, yea ...
in 1557. The
inscriptions on the bell in
Burmese,
Mon
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Places
* Mon State, a subdivision of Myanmar
* Mon, India, a town in Nagaland
* Mon district, Nagaland
* Mon, Raebareli, a village in Uttar Pradesh, India
* Mon, Switzerland, a village in the Canton of Grisons
* A ...
, and
Pali
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describe the important events of the first six years of his reign.
[Thaw Kaung 2010: 108–109]
References
Bibliography
* {{cite book , last=Thaw Kaung , first=U , title=Aspects of Myanmar History and Culture , year=2010 , publisher=Gangaw Myaing , location=Yangon
Individual bells in Myanmar
First Toungoo Empire