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Charlotte Galloway
Sri Ksetra Museum Collection Inventory
Beyond Boundaries
Religion, Region, Language and the State
Edited by
Michael Willis, Sam van Schaik, Lewis Doney
Volume 7
Special editor: Jason Hawkes
Charlotte Galloway
Sri Ksetra Museum
Collection Inventory
Co-published with the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland with support from the European Research Council
Beyond Boundaries: Religion, Region, Language and the State
(Project No. 609823)
The Open Access book is available at www.degruyter.com
ISBN 978-3-11-067405-7
e-ISBN (PDF) 978-3-11-067406-4
e-ISBN (EPUB) 978-3-11-067430-9
ISSN 2510-4446
DOI https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110674064
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Cover image: “Lintel,” circa 475 CE, in Sārnāth, Uttar Pradesh, India. Photograph by Michael Willis.
Typesetting: Michael Peschke, Berlin
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Foreword
In Myanmar, the three Pyu cities of Halin, Beikthano and Sri Ksetra situated along the valleys of the Ayeyawaddy River
constitute an important illustration of the transition from the Bronze-Iron Age of chiefdoms to the early Buddhist king-
doms of mainland Southeast Asia. The Pyu Cities are very much an indication for cultural linkage in Myanmar as well
as evidence of regional exchange. They represent the Pyu Kingdoms that were prosperous for over one thousand years
between B.C 200 and A.D 900.
The art and iconography of the Pyu were basically created for religious expression and presentation. Although the
beginning stage of statuary creations drew on the Indian tradition, the Pyu were able to invent their own characteristics
in art and iconography. The variety can be seen in early Pyu artistic craftsmanship of beads and ritual pottery. When
the Hindu-Buddhist traditions were accepted the Pyu used auspicious symbols in the decorations of pottery, beads,
ornaments, coins, architectural designs and even in bricks.
In June 2014, the three Pyu ancient cities were listed as world heritage sites during the 38th session of World Herit-
age Committee held in Doha, Qatar. The Pyu Ancient Cities is the first World Heritage site in Myanmar.
Of the three ancient cities, Sri Ksetra is the largest and most important. It is located approximately eight kilom-
eters from Pyay Township. Inside the ancient city, the Sri Ksetra Archaeological Museum was established in 1961. This
museum consistently displays around 265 cultural artefacts including large stones burial urns with Pyu inscriptions,
Pyu Buddha images, Brahmanical Statues, terracotta votive tablets and figurines, Pyu silver coins, beads and other Pyu
period objects.
The project for inventory of artefacts in the Sri Ksetra Museum collection has been started systematically with
the assistance of Dr Charlotte Galloway, Honorary Associate Professor, College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian
National University, since 2014. In addition, we could document information about the artefacts which are on display
in the Museum through the inventory project for our future generations, and our staff gained experience for compiling
the inventory of artefacts in the Sri Ksetra Museum.
Finally, the Department of Archaeology and National Museum is very grateful to Dr Charlotte Galloway, who ini-
tiated the implementing of the inventory of artefacts in the Sri Ksetra Museum. I hope that visitors to the Sri Ksetra
Museum enjoy the art on display and information that we share in the museum.
Kyaw Oo Lwin
Director General
Department of Archaeology and National Museum
Myanmar
Open Access. © 2023 the author(s), published by De Gruyter.
This work is licensed under the
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
DOI https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110674064-201

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