Tharaba Gate

The Tharaba Gate ( Burmese သ ရပါ တံခါး ; pronounced: θəɹəbà dəɡá, also Sarabha Gate ) is the only remaining gate in the historic city wall of Bagan , Myanmar . It is in the east of the city.

history

According to Burmese chronicles, Bagan was fortified in 849 ; Investigations with the radiocarbon method date the gate to the year 1020.

description

Two remains of the city wall face each other. On the outside there are two small shrines in which there are statues of the protective spirits of Bagan: the Nats Nga Tin De and his sister Shwe Myet Hna.

gallery

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  Tharaba Gate outside
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  Tharaba gate inside
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  Nat Shwe Myet Hna
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  Nat Nga Tin De

Individual evidence

1. ^ Dittmar: Thailand and Burma. 1984, p. 312.
2. ↑ Aung-Thwin, 2005, p. 38
3. ↑ Small: Burma. 1982, p. 224.

literature

• Michael Aung-Thwin: The mists of Rāmañña: The Legend that was Lower Burma (illustrated ed.). University of Hawai'i Press, Honolulu 2005, ISBN 9780824828868 (quoted from the article in English Wikipedia).

• Johanna Dittmar: Thailand and Burma. Temples and royal cities between the Mekong and the Indian Ocean (= DuMont documents. Art travel guide. ). 3. Edition. DuMont, Cologne 1984, ISBN 3-7701-1206-7 , p. 312.

• Wilhelm Klein: Burma (= Apa Guides. ). Nelles, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-88618-991-0 , p. 223f.

• Andrea Markand, Markus Markand, Martin H. Petrich, Volker Klinkmüller: Myanmar. (Burma) (= Stefan Loose Travel Manuals. ). 2nd completely revised edition. DuMont Reiseverlag, Ostfildern 2006, ISBN 3-7701-6147-5 , p. 228.

• Nina Oshegowa, Sergej Oshegow: Art in Burma. 2000 years of architecture, painting and sculpture under the sign of Buddhism and animism. VEB EA Seemann, Leipzig 1988, ISBN 3-363-00054-5 , p. 117.

Web links

Commons : Tharaba Gate  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Overview map of the temples in the Bagan region

Coordinates: 21 ° 10 ′ 19.9 ″  N , 94 ° 51 ′ 52.2 ″  E