History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v2.c33.s3.37

v2.c33.s3.37

Another example of importance, the Shwe-zigon pagoda near Pagân, might here be included, especially as, although the original pagoda founded in 1094 was, according to Mr. Nisbet, built over and increased in 1164, it at all events is less attenuated than either the Shwe-Tshandau or the Shwe-Dagôn. It retains also in its three lower storeys, with terraces and processional paths round, the primitive form of the early dâgabas.