History of Burma : from the earliest time to the end of the first war with British India

Author(s)

• Phayre, Arthur Purves, Sir

Bibliographic Information

History of Burma : from the earliest time to the end of the first war with British India

Arthur P. Phayre

（Trübner's Oriental series, 98 . Southeast Asia ; 3）

Routledge, 2000

[Reprinted ed.]

• Southeast Asia : 7 volumes

Note

First pubished in 1883 by Trübner & Co., Ltd. Reprinted in 2000 by Routledge

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

Southeast Asia : 7 volumes ISBN 9780415242950

Description

This seven-volume set incorporates some of the earliest work by western scholars on Southeast Asian literature, history and culture. James Gray's Ancient Proverbs and Maxims from Burmese Sources examines the history of the different Burmese languages and literatures, providing translations of literary texts. Reinhold Post's volumes Miscellaneous Papers Relating to Indo-China incorporate a variety of essays relating to the geography, natural history, literature and culture of Siam (Thailand), the Malay Peninsular (Malaysia), Singapore and Sumatra (Indonesia).

Table of Contents

English Intercourse with Siam in the Seventeenth Century John Anderson Hb: 0-415-24548-6: 516pp: Ancient Proverbs and Maxims from Burmese Sources James Gray Hb: 0-415-24549-4: 194pp: History of Burma Arthur P. Phayre Hb: 0-415-24550-8: 322pp: Miscellaneous Papers Relating to Indo-China:Volume I Reinhold Rost Hb: 0-415-24551-6: 342pp: Miscellaneous Papers Relating to Indo-China:Volume II Reinhold Rost Hb: 0-415-24552-4: c.330pp: Miscellaneous Papers Relating to Indo-China and the Indian Archipelago:Volume I Reinhold Rost Hb: 0-415-24553-2: 330pp: Miscellaneous Papers Relating to Indo-China and the Indian Archipelago:Volume II Reinhold Rost Hb: 0-415-24554-0: 322pp:

Volume

ISBN 9780415245500

Description

This classic history, first published in 1883, is the first English-language work to provide a comprehensive history of Burma, now Myanmar, based on Burmese sources. It incorporates the early history not only of Burma proper, but also those of the surrounding kingdoms of Pegu, Taungu, Tenasserim, and Arakan, comparing when possible differing accounts of events as described in those chronicles. Includes original extensive appendixes and large foldout map.

Table of Contents

• I: Burma Proper-Legendary Kings
• II: Prome and Pugan
• III: Pegu
• IV: Pugan Monarchy-(Continued)
• V: Arakan
• VI: Pugan Monarchy-(to its end)
• VII: Shan Kings in Divided Burma
• VIII: Burma with Capital at Ava-Shan Kings in Pegu
• IX: Arakan
• X: Shan Kings of Burma and the Kings of Pegu, Until the Rise of the Taungu Monarchy
• XI: Taungu
• XII: Pegu Under a Burmese King, and Burma Under Shan Kings
• XIII: Pegu and Burma United Under a Burmese King
• XIV: Pegu and Burma Again Separated
• XV: Pegu and Burma Again United
• XVI: Pegu and Burma-Struggle for Supremacy-Brief Success of Pegu
• XVII: Alaunghpra-Triumph of Burma
• XVIII: Arakan
• XIX: Dynasty of Alaunghpra
• XX: Dynasty of Alaunghpra-Conquest of Arakan
• XXI: Dynasty of Alaunghpra-Conquests to the West and War with British India
• XXII: Early European Intercourse with Burma

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Details

• NCID: BA50931689
• ISBN:
  • 0415242959
  • 0415245508
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 311 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DS485.B86
  • DC : 959.1/02
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Burma -- History -- To 1824
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA50322217