Lion Throne of Burma

The Lion Throne (also known as Sihasana or Thihathana Palin; Burmese: သီဟသနပလ္လင်, derived from Sanskrit: सिंहासन, romanized: siṃhāsana, lit. 'lion's seat, throne') is one of the eight imperial thrones used by the Burmese monarchs. Seven of them were destroyed by fire during the allied bombing during World War II, but the Lion Throne, the most significant of all, and an imperial symbol, was saved because the throne was transported to India in 1885 after the Third Anglo-Burmese War and remained there for more than 62 years until it was retrieved back to Myanmar in 1948.

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