Fortress gardens and the Shwedagon Pagoda, Rangoon, Burma mb-code 42-24268146 in the aftermath of an

in the aftermath of an air raid

10th June 1962

Ships on calm waters

and a pair of scales in one hand

were warring continually and causing France's administration great problems

Fortress gardens and the Shwedagon Pagoda, Rangoon, Burma mb-code 42-24268146 in the aftermath of anFortress gardens and the Shwedagon Pagoda, Rangoon, Burma, c1900s(?). Stereoscopic card. Buddhist tradition holds that the Shwedagon Pagoda was built before the Buddha died in 486 BC, but archaeologists believe its construction dates from between the 6th and 10th century. The height of the stupa was increased on several occasions, reaching its current 98 metres (320 feet) in the 18th century.