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The
Phra Bang
is the palladium of
Laos
. It's a 83cm high golden image of
Buddha
, and was cast in
Sri Lanka
sometime between the
1st
and
9th century
. It arrived in
Lan Xang
in
1353
from
Angkor
to spread the Theravada
Buddhism
in the new kingdom.