A pagoda at Toungoo, with brick causeway approaches. Photographer: Jackson, J.
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Photograph of a pagoda in Taungoo taken by J. Jackson in c.1868. View looking along the pathway, flanked on either side by low walls, towards temple buildings.
The Lake, Rangoon, with Shoay Dagon in the distance. Photographer: Jackson, J.
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Photograph of the Royal Lake at eventide in Rangoon (Yangon), taken by J. Jackson in c.1868. View looking eastwards across the Royal Lake and Dalhousie Park, towards the Shwe Dagon Pagoda in the distance on the skyline.
Portion of a priest's abode, or Phoongye House (Bur. 'Keoung') at Rangoon. Photographer: Jackson, J.
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Photograph of a monastery or kyaung for Buddhist monks or pongyis in Rangoon (Yangon), taken by J. Jackson in c.1868. Close view of monastery buildings, showing intricate carved work on the frontons and eaves decorating each layer of the tiered roof. The surface of the roof is covered in corruga...
Thapinyoo [Thatbyinnyu] Pagoda, Pagan, Upper Burma, built about the year A.D. 1100. Photographer: Jackson, J.
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Photograph of the Thatbyinnyu Pagoda at Pagan (Bagan) taken by J. Jackson in c.1868.. This magnificent and beautiful temple stands within the city walls of old Pagan. Its name is derived from the Burmese word ‘Rhatbyinnutanyan,’ meaning omniscience.
A Hindoo temple at Tounghoo, Burma, with Burmese village in background. Photographer: Jackson, J.
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Photograph of a Hindu temple at Taungoo taken by J. Jackson in c.1868. General view from the street of the temple building, a modest single-storey structure with three small domes. With village houses in the background.
Approach from the River (Irrawaddy) to the great Mengoon Pagoda. 1868. Photographer: Jackson, J.
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Photograph of the Mingun Pagoda at Mingun, Burma (Myanmar), taken by J. Jackson in 1868. View from the riverside looking towards the Settawa Paya temple situated just to the south-east of the Mingun Pagoda (a small portion of the summit of which can be seen in the background).
Mandalay. 'Zingyan' or turreted covered way, for Buddhist priests, to walk in rainy weather. Mandalay Hill, and Crown Prince's Shrine, in the background. Photographer: Jackson, J.
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Photograph of a Buddhist monastery or kyaung at Mandalay, with Mandalay Hill in the background, taken by J. Jackson in c.1868. In this view, the walkway has been extended and covered with tiered roofs and two tall pyat-that spires, heavily ornamented with decorative wood carvings.
Pagodas at Yaynangeoung, on the Irrawaddy, Upper Burma. Yaynangeoung is famous for its petroleum wells. Photographer: Jackson, J.
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Photograph of pagodas at Yenangyaung in central Burma (Myanmar), taken by J. Jackson in c.1868. View from the riverbank looking towards a cluster of temple pagodas on the hillside, with houses in the foreground.