Good News in History, May 4

On this day 155 years ago, the world’s largest book was completed in the form of the entire Buddhist canon copied onto 730 marble tablets using chisels and gold ink. The monumental work saw a stonemason chisel out around 16 lines per day in the Burmese script, with each tablet…

Good News in History, May 4

On this day 155 years ago, the world’s largest book was completed in the form of the entire Buddhist canon copied onto 730 marble tablets using chisels and gold ink. The monumental work saw a stonemason chisel out around 16 lines per day in the Burmese script, with each tablet…

Good News in History, May 4

On this day 155 years ago, the world’s largest book was completed in the form of the entire Buddhist canon copied onto 730 marble tablets using chisels and gold ink. The monumental work saw a stonemason chisel out around 16 lines per day in the Burmese script, with each tablet…

Good News in History, May 4

On this day 155 years ago, the world’s largest book was completed in the form of the entire Buddhist canon copied onto 730 marble tablets using chisels and gold ink. The monumental work saw a stonemason chisel out around 16 lines per day in the Burmese script, with each tablet…