Pitakataik

Pitakataik - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Bagan Pitakataik (, ) is a library in Bagan. Pitakataik means "library of Buddhist Scriptures". The library in Bagan was created after a conquest of Thaton, where Anawratha seized 30 elephant-loads of Buddhist scripture. He then built a library in 1058 to house these documents. He used a style known as "Gu" which is an early Bagan Cave Style. The material was light-sensitive so the building had limited windows decorated with chinthe imaged on each side. There are three windows on each side. There are three doors which are all on one side (front). The library is square-shaped with each side measuring long. Read more on Wikipedia

type: religious building
date from: 1058

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