The large walled complex of pagodas situated at the base
of the southeast stairway to Mandalay Hill and was built by King Mindon in
1857. The Royal Pagoda popularly known as the Kuthodaw, was given the
official title Maha Lawka Marazein. It was modelled on the Shwezigon
Pagoda of Bagan. This pagoda is often called "the largest library in
the world" because it is surrounded by 729 small stupas each
protecting a marble stone slab inscription, a total 729 inscriptions
comprising the whole of the Buddhist canon, the Tipitaka as checked and
approved by the Fifth Great Synod which King Mindon convened to mark the
2400 years of the Buddhist Era. This unique collection is often consulted
by Buddhist scholars from all over the world.
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