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Bjørn Christian Tørrissen · CC BY-SA 4.0

Event religious East Asia

Shwedagon Pagoda

600 CE

Golden Buddhist stupa dominating the Yangon…

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Buddhist pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar

Shwedagon Pagoda on Wikipedia.

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Landmark · East Asia

Shwedagon Pagoda

600 CE – still standing

Golden Buddhist stupa dominating the Yangon skyline

Standing in 600 CE

Records whose own span was running in this exact year.

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Shwedagon Pagoda Bjørn Christian Tørrissen · CC BY-SA 4.0