In the Shan States are many renowned pagodas; among which may be mentioned Mwedaw at Bawgyo in Hsipaw; Kaunghmu Mwedaw Manloi in South Hsenwi, built on the spot where Gaudama died in one of his earlier incarnations as a parrot; Kaunghmu Kawmong at Manhpai, illuminated by nats on dark nights; Anteng and Thandaung in Yawnghwe said to have been built by Asoka and repaired by Anawrata.
Fig. 84. Thein.
Besides pagodas, Burmese sacred buildings include monasteries, thein[1], and zayat[2]. Some of the more notable monasteries have already been described. Every village has its monastery, a one-storeyed building, where the monk and his acolytes reside, absorbed in meditation or engaged in teaching young boys.
Inscriptions. "Burma is one of the very richest countries in Indo-China in lithic inscriptions. The least religious
