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 * 1) Thudhamma Kyaung - Built by Mindon Min, in 1868, to be used as a refectory whenever ecclesiastical convocations were held in the Thudhamma Zayat. Some of the carvings are still in a fair state of preservation.
 * 2) Thudhamma Zayat - This building is situated at the foot of the Mandalay Hill, Mandalay, and was built by King Mindon in 1859, at the same time as the Palace. It was used for holding ecclesiastical convocations and the highest ecclesiastical tribunal. In 1902 the election of the Thathanabaing or Buddhist Archbishop was held near this building.
 * 3) Pahtan Zayat - This building was used as an annexe of the Thudama Zayat and Pali hymns were chanted in it by the monks, who attended an ecclesiastical convocation.


 * 1) Tawyagyaung Pagoda - Built in 1859 by King Mindon as an annexe of the Palace. In it was administered the oath of allegiance to all officials of the late regime and the inmates of the Royal Harem. It consists of a cylindrical pagoda surrounded by a number of chapels, of which the eastern is the most important, because in it was administered the oath of allegiance. The entrance of this chapel is decorated by excellent carvings, in plaster, of the Mekara and other monsters of Buddhist Mythology.


 * 1) Sangyaung (Amarapura) - Built in 1840, by the chief Queen of Shwebo Min and her daughter. The latter became the chief Queen of Mindon Min. The Director-General of Archaeology remarks: "They are older than the monasteries at Mandalay, and the style of their wood-carving is bolder. Glass panels illustrating scenes in the Jataka stories, are let into the doors."
 * 2) Remains of Bodawpaya's Palace (Amarapura) - Bodawpava transferred his capital from Ava to Amarapura and built a new Palace in 1782. Its remains consist of two masonry buildings, namely, a Pangon or watch tower and a Shwedaik or treasury.


 * 1) Man-aung Yadana Pagoda (Amarapura) - Built by King Thibaw, in 1886, after the model of the Kuthodaw Pagoda at the foot of the Mandalay Hill. The King is known in Burmese history as the "Builder of the Man-aung Yadana Pagoda." Both its historical and architectural interest lies in its being the shrine built by the last king of the Burmese race, and in its constituting the last link in the long series of religious edifices marking the sites of the capitals of Burma.


 * 1) Zina-Aunggya-Shwe bontha Pagoda (Tagaung) - Situated to the north-east of the Court House. A Pagoda of small dimensions, built in 1753, by Alaungpaya, on the site of his darbar, where he received the submission of the sawbwa of Momeik. Before undertaking an expedition to Pegu in southern Burma, Alaungpaya who had just been crowned, visited the Upper reaches of the Irrawaddy, and secured the alliance and material support of the powerful Shan Chiefs.


 * 1) Shwegyet Yet Pagoda - Situated near the Railway terminus at the Amarapura shore. Said to have originally been built by King Asoka; subsequently repaired and enlarged by the Kings of Pagan, Ava, and Amarapura.
 * 2) Shwegyet Kya Pagoda
 * 3) Shwezayan Pagoda (Shwezayan) - Built in 1054 by Shin Munhla, daughter cf the Sawbwa of Maingmaw, on her way home. She had been espoused by Anawrata, King of Pagan, on his return from his expedition to China, had been taken to Pagan, and then was exiled to her own country on being accused of witchcraft.
 * 4) Shwemale Pagoda (Singu) - Built by Alaungsithu, King of Pagan (1085-1160).
 * 5) Shwezigon Pagoda (Tagaung) - According to tradition, this pagoda was built by Mingyi Maha, King of Tagaung, in 415 B.C. 23,750 bricks were utilised in building it, each brick being contributed by a different household. The pagoda is situated within the walls of Upper Pagan. It has been renovated and in 1902, a new hti was placed on it through the exertions of U Einda, Gaingok Sadaw. It enjoys an annual Government subsidy of Rs. 120.
 * 6) Mosudaung Pagoda (Maingdaing) - This Pagoda is situated at Maingdaing, which is 27 mi to the east of Tagaung. It was built in 1758, by U San Ya, Pyizo or Governor of Maingdaing, which then consisted of 12 divisions containing about 42,000 houses. The pagoda marks the centre of an extensive agricultural tract of country, which was at one time the granary of the upper reaches of the Irrawaddy. Near it, are ruins cf other Pagodas and Kyaungs of an older date. It enjoys an annual Government subsidy of Rs. 60.
 * 7) Paungdaw-U Pagoda (Myadaung) - It is situated at Myadaung which is 22 mi to the north of Tagaung. It was built in 1008 by Alaungsithu, King of Lower Pagan, who made frequent progress throughout his extensive empire. It was renovated by Mingaung, King of Ava, who reigned from 1401 to 1422, by Alaungpaya in 1753 by a daughter of Bodawpaya, in 1793, by the Myadaung Wun (U Pe Mindinyaza Thamantasithu in 1877, and three years later, by U Si, father-in-law of the Wun. On the Pagoda platform are two inscribed stone tables erected by U Si. It enjoys an annual Government subsidy of Rs. 60.
 * 8) Sudaungbye Pagoda (Taungbyongyi) - Built by Anawrata, King of Pagan, in the 11th century, after his return from his Chinese expedition. Here he put to death his two generals, Shwepyin Nyi Naung who were deified as Nats.
 * 9) Shwebontha Pagoda (Tawbu) - Built by Kyazwa, King of Pagan, in the 14th century.

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 * 1) Twelve Royal Duties (MY မင်းကျင့်တရားဆယ့်နှစ်ပါး)
 * 2) Not to transgress against the Three Gems
 * 3) To avoid ignorance (အဝိဇ္ဇာ)
 * 4) To be well-disposed towards charitable donors
 * 5) To provide long-term support to scholars,
 * 6) To give alms to those in immediate need
 * 7) To follow Dhammathat traditions faithfully
 * 8) To adopt the policy of following precedent
 * 9) To keep the old stories well in mind (ပုံပြင်ကိုပြု)
 * 10) To observe the ﬁve precepts of Buddhism (ပဉ္စသီငါးပါး)
 * 11) To control one's anger,
 * 12) To identify the twelve kinds of misdeeds (အကုသိုလ်)
 * 13) To govern the populace and the monks
 * 14) Ten Royal Duties (MY မင်းကျင့်တရားဆယ်ပါး)
 * 15) To give alms
 * 16) To observe the precepts
 * 17) To be generous
 * 18) To be honest (ဖျောင့်မတ်သောနှလုံး)
 * 19) To be kindhearted (နူးညံ့သိမ်မွေ့သောနှလုံး nu:-nyan. thein-mwe. thaw hna-loun)
 * 20) To adopt a moderate style of life
 * 21) To avoid anger
 * 22) Not to persecute (ညှစ်းပန်းနှိပ်စက်) the people
 * 23) To be tolerant
 * 24) Not to be oppressive (ချုပ်ခြင်းကင်း)
 * 25) Seven Things a City Needs (MY မြို့၏အင်္ဂါခုနစ်ပါး)
 * 26) An undisputed single ruler
 * 27) Alliances with other rulers
 * 28) A Minister (A-mat) who can pass judgement over affairs of state and village disputes
 * 29) A granary full of the seven kinds of paddy (စပါးမျိုးခှနစ်ပါး) which are like the seven jewels (ရတနာဆယ်ပါး)
 * 30) A strong moat, ditch, embankment and a cat-walk on the fortiﬁed gateway of the city wall
 * 31) An extensive territory (တိုင်းကား)
 * 32) Elephant regiments, cavalry regiments, chariot regiments and infantry soldiers
 * 33) Seven Things a City Needs (MY undefined)
 * 34) A strong city
 * 35) Wide passage for soldiers on the fortiﬁed battlements
 * 36) Armaments such as the lance
 * 37) A ﬁghting force organized into soldiers and commanders
 * 38) Men to guard the gate
 * 39) Strong gate posts inside the walls
 * 40) Strong gate posts outside the walls.
 * 41) Seven Fundamental Requirements of a Kingdom (MY မင်းတော်)
 * 42) A king, to act as lord of the country
 * 43) High offcials, to carry out the king's wishes and perform their duties
 * 44) Small villages, inhabited by virtuous persons
 * 45) A strong city, surrounded by three moats
 * 46) Punishments that ﬁt the crime
 * 47) Well-ﬁlled granaries and enough water in tanks and ponds
 * 48) Alliances with other kingdoms.
 * 49) Four Divisions of the Army (MY စစ်အင်္ဂါလေးပါး)
 * 50) Elephants
 * 51) Horses
 * 52) Chariots (Yahta)
 * 53) Foot soldiers
 * 54) Four Requirements of a City (MY မြို့၏အစာလေးပါး)
 * 55) The seven varieties of rice
 * 56) Cattle-fodder
 * 57) Firewood
 * 58) Water
 * 59) Five Strengths of Royalty (MY မင်းတော်အားတော်ငါးပါး)
 * 60) Strength of the royal family
 * 61) Physical prowess,
 * 62) Wisdom
 * 63) Able counsellors
 * 64) Economic assets (ဥစ္စာ)
 * 65) Seven Conditions of Welfare (MY ပရဟိတနိယတရားခုနစ်ပါး)
 * 66) Hold meetings and consult with his royal counsellors three times a day
 * 67) Tackle affairs with the application of consistent rules
 * 68) Collect only those taxes and impose only those punishments which tradition allows
 * 69) Respect and cherish the elderly
 * 70) Govern his subjects paternalistically, without oppression
 * 71) Make the usual offerings to the Nats who watch over the capital city and the rest of the kingdom
 * 72) Provide for the monastic community
 * 73) Seven [More] Conditions of Welfare (MY undefined)
 * 74) To offer respectful obedience to the Buddha, who preached the Dhamma
 * 75) To offer respectful obedience to the Dhamma, as it was preached
 * 76) To offer respectful obedience to the Sangha who preach the Dhamma
 * 77) To strive not to break those precepts that should be observed
 * 78) To be steadfast and full of integrity (သမာဓိရှိ)
 * 79) To try to speak good words
 * 80) To try to have good companions
 * 81) Four Solidarities (MY မင်းတော်ကိုယ်စားထားရွေ့စရင်းရသူလေးပါး)
 * 82) To give alms
 * 83) To speak words that are loving and sweet
 * 84) To work for the beneﬁt of the people
 * 85) To be considerate and fair in punishment