Collis's account of the Mahamuni Buddha — one of the most venerated images in Burma — traces its origins in Rakhine and its removal to Mandalay after the Burmese conquest of 1784. Written with the deep familiarity of a colonial administrator who spent years in Burma, it gives Mrauk-U's history a personal and narrative texture that drier histories lack.
The Great Image
Colonial-era account of the Mahamuni Buddha's history
| Author | Maurice Collis |
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