The Sri Ksetra Museum Inventory provides public access to this significant collection for the
first time. The Inventory records the majority of the Museum collection up until 2015. Nearly
all of the artefacts date to Myanmar's Pyu period of the first millennium. Many of the objects
have been documented for the first time having been kept in storage in some cases unseen for
nearly one hundred years. As only a limited amount of collection material can be publicly
displayed in the Museum the Inventory provides immediate access to resource materials that
would otherwise be out of reach. From intact votive tablets in diverse styles to fragments of
terracotta plaques and stone sculptures this is the most comprehensive collection of Pyu
material culture in Myanmar. With the rise of interest in Pyu scholarship since the UNESCO
listing of The Pyu Ancient Cities in 2014 this inventory which also includes more recent
finds from the important Pyu site of Khin Ba will broaden scholars' appreciation of Pyu
culture and open avenues for future research across many disciplines.
