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Panyan is the artwork that arose before the Pyu period. It is the basic method of joining bricks together with mortar, which is the basis for buildings. By studying Pagan Pagodas, you can learn about Burmese Masonry. The art from the Shwedagon Pagoda’s banana bub to the bottom of the octagonal terraces is elegantly and beautifully built with ancient masonry, and is worthy of praise and imitation from world architects. Including the Shwedagon Pagoda, the stupas, big Sein Htaung (decorative device resembling a row of upright leaves used on monasteries), Candlestick stupas, brick spire stupas, ground stupas around the Shwedagon Pagoda are built and surrounded by four great walls for the strength of the hill. In addition, the religious buildings, stupas, brick spire, stairways, pavilions, etc. are built with masonry.