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Outline of Burmese History

1929

Decline of the Ari - - - - 19-21 1058 Earliest inscription in Burmese - - 21 1059 Anawrahta begins the Shwezigon - - 25 ? Anawrahta reduces north Arakan - - 21 visits Yunnan - - - - 22. builds Kyaukse canals - - - 1.8 1071 ' Cingalese missions - - 24 1084 Talaings raid Pagan - - - - - 27 1090 Kyanzittha builds the Ananda first of the great temples - - - - - 31 ? Burmese mission to Buddhagaya. [...] Rise of Cingalese religious influence on Burma 45CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE PAGE 1218 Nantaungmya builds the Htilominlo last of the great temples - - - - 48 1273 Narathihapate slays the ambassadors of Kubla Khan - - - - 53 1277 Battle of Ngasaunggyan - - - 54 1280 Foundation of Toungoo - - - - 78 1281 Wareru becomes lord of Martaban - - 70 Wareru dhammat hat - - - - 71 1287 Tartars enter Pagan - - - 57 [...] He had seen Shan irrigation and now as he stood on the summit of Pyetkaywe Hill (Ilavuttaung).18 THE KY ALUM CANALS the sight of the waters swirling at the foot of the Shan hills suggested a work of merit which would atone for the death of his foster-brother Sokka-te ; and he constructed the irrigation system which still enriches Kyaukse. [...] Thirdly the Burmese adopted the Ta.laing alphabet and for the first time wrote their language : the earliest inscription in Bumese is dated 1058 the year after the conquest and as might be expected the spelling of the early inscritions is crude and variable for the scribes were feeling their way. [...] Shin Arahan the primate led him by the hand maidens of noble birth bore the holy water the coronation exhortations were uttered the white umbrella was held over him he was fanned with the yaktail on his head was set the crown the sword of state was slung to his side and the golden sandals were bound to his feet.
history
Pages
233
Published in
United States
SARF Document ID
sarf.143775
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-xiv G.E. Harvey view
Map
xv-xv G.E. Harvey view
Chapter I Burma Before 1044
1-14 G.E. Harvey view
Chapter II The Kingdom of Pagan
15-58 G.E. Harvey view
Chapter III Shan Dominion 1287-1531
59-80 G.E. Harvey view
Chapter IV General Conditions Down to 1500
81-87 G.E. Harvey view
Chapter V The Overseas Discoveries
88-92 G.E. Harvey view
Chapter VI Arakan
93-102 G.E. Harvey view
Chapter VII The Toungoo Dynasty 1531-1752
103-131 G.E. Harvey view
Chapter VIII The Alaungpaya Dynasty 1752-1885
132-195 G.E. Harvey view
Chapter IX Burmese Administration
196-202 G.E. Harvey view
Genealogies
203-205 G.E. Harvey view
Index
206-218 G.E. Harvey view

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