The Great Bell of Dhammazedi was variety inwards the belatedly 15th century past times guild of King Dhammazedi of the Burmese kingdom Hanthawaddy , together with presented to the Shwedagon Pagoda of Dagon , inwards introduce solar daytime Yangon , Myanmar. Made of copper , aureate together with silvery , the bell was reported to accept weighed nearly 300 tonnes —the largest bell always cast.
Twenty 4 years afterwards , inwards 1608 , the fearful Portuguese warlord together with mercenary Filipe de Brito sacked the pagoda together with seized the bell alongside the intention of melting it downward to brand cannons for his ship. De Brito loaded the bell onto a raft for the journeying across the Pazundaung Creek to Syriam. Unsurprisingly , the bell proved likewise heavy for the clumsy raft together with it sank at the betoken where the Bago together with Yangon Rivers met.
steamboat sank inwards the Missouri river. It was afterwards recovered inwards a cornfield.
What worries Chit San Win the nigh is whether the bell had actually existed or not. Win accept scoured through many Burmese literature simply establish really lilliputian supporting evidence of the bell’s existence.
Search for the bell is nevertheless on though.
Shwedagon Pagoda where the bell was located. Photo credit: Natee P/Flickr