Khrain Kaik Pitakataik

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Khrain Kaik Pitakataik

Khrain Kaik Pitakataik is a Buddhist library in Mrauk U , Myanmar . It was built in 1591 by King Min Phalaung to store writings that he had received from Sri Lanka.

description

The floor plan of the library is a square with a side length of about three meters, with a small entrance hall attached to the east. The building widens upwards in an arch and is decorated with well-preserved filigree stone carvings.

gallery

  • documentation

  • Stone carvings

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gutman: Burma's Lost Kingdoms. 2001, p. 125.
  2. ↑ Tun Shwe Khine: A Guide to Mrauk-U. 1992, p. 60.
  3. ↑ Markand et al.: Myanmar. 2006, p. 423.

literature

  • Pamela Gutman: Burma's Lost Kingdoms. Splendor of Arakan . Orchid Press, Bangkok 2001, ISBN 974-8304-98-1 , p. 125.
  • Markand, Petrich, Klinkmüller: Myanmar . Stefan Loose Travel Handbooks, 2nd edition Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-7701-6147-5 , p. 422f.
  • Tun Shwe Khine: A Guide to Mrauk-U. An Ancient City of Rakhine, Myanmar. First Edition Sittway 1992, p. 60.

Web links

Commons : Khrain Kaik Pitakataik (Mrauk U)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 20 ° 36 ′ 7.7 ″  N , 93 ° 11 ′ 28.6 ″  E