Ancient Indian Colonization in South-East Asia c11.40

c11.40

A still further development of this style is depicted in the stone sculptures from Ānanda Temple in Pagan showing roofs composed of receding stages, five seven, and nine in number. There is no doubt that this type is represented in the structural examples known as Pyatthat, which continued to be built up to the 19th century by Burmese Kings.¹³ The description of Lohapāsāda in *Mahāvaṁśa* shows that similar structures with nine storeys were built in Ceylon also.