He wrote in his diary that he saw a beautiful pelt from a 'black-white bear' in a local hunter's home and the hunter sold the fur to him at a very high price. David was the first to let the westerners know of the existence of this rare animal. The fur was exhibited in the ...
Around the palace area the devout king lavished donation upon donation constructing splendid teak monasteries for the royal monks, rest houses for pilgrims, shrines on the Mandalay hill and most significantly the great Kuthodaw Pagoda. The Kuthodaw is rightly said to be the world’s largest ...