Excavations by Maung Mya

Seven inscribed stone slabs in Pāli and Môn were documented and preserved at the Shwezayan Pagoda. One slab depicts the Dīpaṅkara Buddha, and a related discovery in the town yielded a rare bronze Dīpaṅkara Buddha with anti-corrosive metallic coating.

Kind

excavation

Date

1933–1934 CE

Place

Thaton (16.9167, 97.3667)

Reports (2)

• Annual Report of the Archaeological Survey of India 1930–31 to 1933–34
• Annual Report of the Archaeological Survey of India 1930–31 to 1933–34

Campaigns (1)

• Excavations by Maung Mya

Reported in

• Annual Report of the Archaeological Survey of India 1930–31 to 1933–34