| || | Watts and Skeen The Uzina Pagoda [Moulmein] Courtesy of
the British Library, Image number: 4301512, Shelfmark: Photo
430/15(12) Photograph from the Curzon Collection with a general
view of the U Zina Pagoda in Moulmein (Mawlamyaing), south-east
Burma. The town lies on the coast of south-east Burma at the
mouth of the Salween (or Thanlwin) River where it meets the Gulf
of Mottama (Martaban). Moulmein was capital of British-held
Lower Burma from 1827-1852, during which period it became a
centre for the export of teak and rice and consequently an
important seaport for shipping. The pagoda stands on the
southern spur of a ridge of hills in the eastern part of the
town, and is one of five shrines and monasteries built on the
ridge. The conical stupa or zedi rises above the other buildings
of the temple complex, its spire culminating in an umbrella or
hti. Surrounding it are a number of pavilions with multiple
tiered roofs and tiered spires known as pyat-that,
characteristic of Burmese religious architecture