Rare Beads : Historic String of Clay Beads From Bagan, Myanmar #447 Sold

Rare Beads 447. Historic string of clay beads collected from the Local villagers in Bagan, Myanmar. Dimensions: 9 inches long, with 27 beads of different sizes In excellent condition considering its age which is reportedly the 11th century. Bagan is an ancient city located in the Mandalay Region of Burma. From the 9th to 13th centuries, the city was the capital of the Kingdom of Pagan, the first kingdom to unify the regions that would later constitute modern Myanmar. During the kingdom's height between the 11th and 13th centuries, over 4,000 Buddhist temples, pagodas and monasteries were constructed in the Bagan plains alone, of which the remains of over 2200 temples and pagodas still survive to the present day. (Source: Wikipedia) Bagan History The monuments seem to overwhelm the landscape. There are about 2,000 of them covering an area of 16 square miles on the eastern bank of the Ayeyarwady in central Myanmar. They are in different sizes and in a bewildering variety of shapes. They