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The town of Taungoo is situated towards the northern end of the Bago Division in central Burma. It was once the capital of an important post-Bagan kingdom of the 15th and 16th centuries.At its peak, Toungoo Empire was the largest and strongest empire as well as one of the richest empires in Southeast Asia. It became a vital frontier station for the British after the second Burmese War (1852), until 1893 when the troops were withdrawn. Close to densely forested mountain ranges, it is a centre for the teak trade and is abundantly supplied with areca palms from which the Burmese get the betelnuts for betel chews.
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Pagoda near Tounghoo
J. Jackson, c. 1868
Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)
Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)
Framed: USD 50
Unframed: USD 20
This is a view of a small pagoda, with Burmese people and a European (who might be Jackson himself) standing around the structure. The pagoda is built in the characteristic shrine form of Burmese Buddhist architecture known as a stupa. It is a solid structure enshrining sacred relics, precious stones and images of the Buddha. A stupa is composed of a bell-shaped dome which narrows to a conical spire ornamented with bands of moulding. It is crowned with a metal hti or umbrella, and rests on a series of square terraces. Either a part or the whole structure is often gilded.
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A pagoda at Toungoo, with brick causeway approaches
J. Jackson c. 1868
Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)
Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)
Framed: USD 50
Unframed: USD 20
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A Hindoo temple at Tounghoo
J. Jackson, c. 1868
Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)
Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)
Framed: USD 50
Unframed: USD 20
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Shway-zan-dau Pagoda, Toungoo
Alonzo Bunker, c. 1870
Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)
Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)
Framed: USD 50
Unframed: USD 20
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Church at Tonghoo
Unknown, 1870s
Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)
Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)
Framed: USD 50
Unframed: USD 20
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Views at Tonghoo
Unknown, 1870s
Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)
Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)
Framed: USD 50
Unframed: USD 20
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Views at Tonghoo
Unknown, 1870s
Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)
Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)
Framed: USD 50
Unframed: USD 20
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Boat Landing at Toungoo
Alonzo Bunker, c. 1870
Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)
Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)
Framed: USD 50
Unframed: USD 20
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Tonghoo from the River
J. Jackson, c. 1868
Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)
Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)
Framed: USD 50
Unframed: USD 20
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Christian Karen Village, Toungoo
Alonzo Bunker, c. 1870
Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)
Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)
Framed: USD 50
Unframed: USD 20
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Tounghoo, Karen village
Jackson 1868
Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)
Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)
Framed: USD 50
Unframed: USD 20
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Gaicho Karen, Heathen Village, Toungoo, Burma
Alonzo Bunker, c. 1870
Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)
Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)
Framed: USD 50
Unframed: USD 20
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Elephant mounted battery at the British
frontier station, Toungoo, Burma
J. Jackson, c. 1878
Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)
Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)
Framed: USD 50
Unframed: USD 20
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Toungoo Monastery
Unknown, 1870s
Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)
Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)
Framed: USD 50
Unframed: USD 20
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Temple in Toungoo
J. Jackson, 1870s
Photo: 11" x 8.25" (27.5 x 21 cm)
Frame: 16.5" x 14" (42 x 36 cm)
Framed: USD 50
Unframed: USD 20
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