Ancient Indian Colonization in South-East Asia c11.43

c11.43

Bearing the above facts in mind we may now trace the influence of this type of temples in South-east Asia. Beginning with Burma, we can clearly trace it in some of the famous shrines at Pagan. These are square temples with a roof consisting of several receding stages crowned by either a *stūpa* or a curvilinear *śikhara*. As we have seen above, the miniature representations of East Indian temples, particularly those in Bengal, show exactly the same features; *viz.* a tiered roof surmounted by a crowning superstructure which is either a *stūpa* or a *śikhara*. The Abeyandana and the Patothamya temples at Pagan represent the former, while the Ānanda, the Thatbyinnyu, the Thitswada, the Tilominlo and others represent the latter type. There can be, therefore, hardly any doubt that the style of these temples might have been prossibly derived from that of no notice was taken of it. It was not till another period of ten years passed by, that Duroiselle seems to have been struck for the first time by the close resemblance between Ānanda and the miniature temples represented on a stone sculpture