The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c29.s4.31
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c29.s4.31
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Dammazedi (1472–92) gave four times the weight of himself and his queen in gold to the Shwedāgon as compensation for revoking some of its lands, which Shinsawbu had extended to Danok. At Pegū he built the Shwekugyi and Kyaikpon pagodas, and west of the Shwemawdaw he built a new stockaded town, and set up his palace and elephant stables there². The masonry of his reign is excellent, and a mass of pious edifices sprang up on the beautiful plateau between the old and the new town, men vying with each in works of merit, for it was an age of religious revival.