Two Edged Swords in Bagan

~Alaung_Hpaya~ · 20th March 2007, 01:52 PM

The dagger carried by the King is part of the Royal Regalia .

I don't think it exists anymore ( except perhaps in someone's private collection in the UK

) . He is wearing formal court dress usually seen in depictions of nats or other celestial beings . I guess the dagger is a representation of that used in Buddhist imagery since Bagan times .

Here is an example of a similar dress worn by a princess courtesy of the Myanmar Ministry of Culture .

20th March 2007, 01:52 PM	#7
~Alaung_Hpaya~ Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 65	The dagger carried by the King is part of the Royal Regalia . I don't think it exists anymore ( except perhaps in someone's private collection in the UK ) . He is wearing formal court dress usually seen in depictions of nats or other celestial beings . I guess the dagger is a representation of that used in Buddhist imagery since Bagan times . Here is an example of a similar dress worn by a princess courtesy of the Myanmar Ministry of Culture .