Burma . hat invirtue of the religious distinction which attaches to every work dedicated topublic use by private bounty. Nothing adds so much to the picturesqueness ofBurma. The temple zaydt (No. 98) is intended for sojourners in the precincts onduty days. The wut differs from the zaydt in having a dais for images of theBuddha. The tazdimg is only for thereception of images. The ancient remains are almost en-tirely confined to the dry zone of BurmaProper, with the exception of, a few inThat6n and in Arakan. Those at That6n,dating from about lOOO , have squarebases built of huge laterite bl

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Burma . hat invirtue of the religious distinction which attaches to every work dedicated topublic use by private bounty. Nothing adds so much to the picturesqueness ofBurma. The temple zaydt (No. 98) is intended for sojourners in the precincts onduty days. The wut differs from the zaydt in having a dais for images of theBuddha. The tazdimg is only for thereception of images. The ancient remains are almost en-tirely confined to the dry zone of BurmaProper, with the exception of, a few inThat6n and in Arakan. Those at That6n,dating from about lOOO , have squarebases built of huge laterite blocks in theIndian style. The ornament is deeplyhewn into the stone. Above the lateritebase is brick and plaster work of laterdate. Apart from the destructive influenceof the climate, and of the rank vegetationthe climate favours, a further reason ofthe scarcity of ancient monuments andinscriptions is the over-building of theshrines, by which the original work is lostto view. Where we say countless as the. 67. SHWE-HMAWDAW PAYA, PEGU. 32 BURMA

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