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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1975261, member: 42773&quot;]<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aung_San" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aung_San" rel="nofollow">General Aung San</a> could perhaps be considered the George Washington of the Burmese people. He was the most influential leader in Burma&#039;s struggle for independence from British colonial rule, although he was assassinated six months before his efforts came to fruition. He is widely admired by the people of Myanmar, and his portrait is featured on several banknote and coin types.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351061[/ATTACH] </p><p>The wood carvings, or Panpu, on the reverse of this note are characteristically found on ancient buildings constructed during the Bagan period, and extending into medieval times. This frenzied building activity led to the construction of 4000 Buddhist temples, pagodas, and monasteries in the Bagan plains alone! Remains of more than half of these structures still survive today.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]351062[/ATTACH] </p><p>Temples in Bagan. Source: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagan" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagan" rel="nofollow">Wikipedia</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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