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thinking”.
Since
often
a
Myanmar
painting
was done by royal
orders (only the state had money for this,
with some exceptions) reading this royal
orders which escaped the destruction over
time gives a view inside what was going on
at state level.
E.g. an Order from 7 April 1633 assigned 500
artists to paint 'Five Hundred and
Forty-Seven Jataka stories' on the inside
walls
of a
pagoda.
Seven
head
monks
were
appointed
to
supervise
the
project.
During
the
project
the
artists
got
full
provisions,
and
also
received
health
care.
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