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... Burma the first writers were the monks and , later , the laymen edu- cated in their monasteries . In the new Burmese kingdom of Ava ( flourished after 1364 ) , the Shan kings were proud of their Burmese Buddhist culture , and they ap ...
... Burma the first writers were the monks and , later , the laymen edu- cated in their monasteries . In the new Burmese kingdom of Ava ( flourished after 1364 ) , the Shan kings were proud of their Burmese Buddhist culture , and they ap ...
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... BURMA One date is crucial in the art history of Burma : AD 1056 . In that year King Anawrahta of Pagan decreed Theravā- da Buddhism to be the state religion of all Burma . This signalled the unity of what had been a divided country ...
... BURMA One date is crucial in the art history of Burma : AD 1056 . In that year King Anawrahta of Pagan decreed Theravā- da Buddhism to be the state religion of all Burma . This signalled the unity of what had been a divided country ...
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... ( Burma ) : MAUNG HTIN AUNG , A History of Burma ( 1967 ) , contains a general survey of Burmese litera- ture . The same author's Burmese Folk - Tales ( 1948 ) , Bur- mese Law Tales ( 1962 ) , Burmese Monk's Tales ( 1966 ) ; and MAUNG ...
... ( Burma ) : MAUNG HTIN AUNG , A History of Burma ( 1967 ) , contains a general survey of Burmese litera- ture . The same author's Burmese Folk - Tales ( 1948 ) , Bur- mese Law Tales ( 1962 ) , Burmese Monk's Tales ( 1966 ) ; and MAUNG ...
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