GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA. 



Memoirs, Vol. XLII, PL i. 







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TYPICAL SHAN PAGODAS. 









Photographs by J. Coggin Brown. 



VILLAGE MONASTERY OR " PONGYI KYAUNG" OF THE 

 NORTHERN SHAN STATES. 



Showing how the framework is supported on wooden piles. 



G. S. I. Calcutta. 



