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Petleik Pagoda – Myanmar

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Terracotta plaque of Petleik (Phatleik) Pagoda, Pagan, Myanmar.

This plate shows a single-horned rhinoceros among other wildlife.

The two Petleik pagodas – the Ashe (Eastern) and Anauk (Western) – belong to the 11th century and have been assigned to the reign of Anawrahta (1044-1077).

The “Petleik rhinoceros” refers to an exceptionally rare and historically significant artistic depiction of a rhinoceros found on the 11th-century unglazed terracotta Jataka plaques inside the vaulted corridors of the West Petleik Pagoda (Anauk Petleik Paya)

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