Stone and letter on heritage list

YANGON  Myanmar’s Myazedi Stone Inscription and a Letter from King Alaungphaya to King George II, inscribed on a gold sheet, have been recognised as UNESCO’s documentary heritage of world significance.
The 12th meeting of the International Advisory Committee (IAC) took place in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, last week, with the committee approving the inclusion of 47 out of 88 nominations for the World Heritage List.
Myanmar submitted two nominations — Myazedi stone inscription and a so-called Golden Letter of King Alaungphaya to King George II– for inclusion in the memory of the world programme. Both have won inscriptions on the list of the documentary heritage of world significance.
Other inscriptions in Asia are: China’s Documents of Nanjing Massacre; Indonesia’s Asian-African Conference Archives; Japan’s Return to Maizuru Port—Documents Related to the Internment and Repatriation Experiences of Japanese (1945 to 1956) and Archives of Tōji temple contained in one-hundred boxes; and South Korea’s Confucian Printing Woodblocks and The Archives of the KBS Special Live Broadcast “Finding Dispersed Families”.
inside no 7 Myazedi Stone Inscription

Myazedi Stone Inscription
Located in Bagan historic city, the Myazedi quadrilingual stone inscription is the oldest example of a Myanmar language inscription documenting Myanmar’s history, religion and culture in 12th century AD. The document is an inscription in four languages, Pyu, Mon, Myanmar and Pali, on each of the four sides.
The Myazedi stone inscription records the administration, social and economic affairs, literary works of religion, construction of pagodas, enshrinement of Buddha statues, the enslavement of villages by royal princes and princesses, respect for parents, and meritorious deeds of the Bagan Period.
The Golden Letter of King Alaungphaya addressed to King George II was inscribed on a gold sheet that was sent to English king in 1756.
Adorned with 24 rubies, the Golden Letter was submitted by Germany, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Myanmar for inclusion in the Memory of the World Register in 2014.
inside no 7.1 A Letter of King Alaungphaya to King George II
A Letter of King Alaungphaya to King George II
The content of the letter is a trade proposal. Currently, the letter is kept at the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Library in Hannover, Germany.
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) introduced its Memory of the World Programme in 1992 and has so far inscribed 348 documentary heritage sites from world nations on the World Heritage List.
For more details of the inscriptions on the International Memory of the World Register (2014 to 2015) visit.

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