Htilominlo Pahto "Blessings Of The World" 

Built in 1211 for King Nantaugmya.  He and his brothers created a Council of Ministers, the Hluttaw which is the name given to Burma's parliament.

Artist in the grounds of Htilominlo.  

Determined to acquire relics and Tripitaka manuscripts currently in the hands of the Mon, King Nanuha, Anawrahtahe assembled his armies and marched on Lower Burma.

Along with the relics and manuscripts the conqueror returned with 30,000 Mon prisoners, many of them craftsmen and their King and Queen.  And so began the first Barmar Kingdom which was to leave the world with the amazing legacy of the temples of Bagan.

Enough of the original ornate plaster work has survived the centuries  to give us a good idea of the  magnificence of the  more imposing monuments and the skills handed down from those captured Mon craftsmen.