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Page xvii
... Ping . In 1320 they deserted that city and founded another in the neighbourhood , and thirty - one years later migrated to the south , built their new capital at Ayuthia , on the site of a deserted Cambodian city called Viang Lek ...
... Ping . In 1320 they deserted that city and founded another in the neighbourhood , and thirty - one years later migrated to the south , built their new capital at Ayuthia , on the site of a deserted Cambodian city called Viang Lek ...
Page xxiii
... Ping and Meh Kong - Precaution against demons - Shans will not travel alone -A scare for tigers - Head - dressing and tattooing of Zimmé Shans - Charms let in the flesh - A quiet race - Villagers re- sponsible for loss and crime in ...
... Ping and Meh Kong - Precaution against demons - Shans will not travel alone -A scare for tigers - Head - dressing and tattooing of Zimmé Shans - Charms let in the flesh - A quiet race - Villagers re- sponsible for loss and crime in ...
Page xxvi
... Shan Rachel - Reach Penyow ,. CHAPTER XX . ― Settled by Lakon - Population - Smallpox - Tutelary spirits- Ancient cities - Trade - routes and cost of transport - The centre of Ping States - A Lakon prince - Views about railway - Small ...
... Shan Rachel - Reach Penyow ,. CHAPTER XX . ― Settled by Lakon - Population - Smallpox - Tutelary spirits- Ancient cities - Trade - routes and cost of transport - The centre of Ping States - A Lakon prince - Views about railway - Small ...
Page xxvii
... Ping - Number of villages in the Zimmé plain - The Mai Cha - lau tree - Pagoda on Loi Tee — A cart - road -- Reach Lapoon -The great temple and celebrated pagoda - Lapoon built like Aladdin's palace -- Description of city - Deserted for ...
... Ping - Number of villages in the Zimmé plain - The Mai Cha - lau tree - Pagoda on Loi Tee — A cart - road -- Reach Lapoon -The great temple and celebrated pagoda - Lapoon built like Aladdin's palace -- Description of city - Deserted for ...
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... disease - Snares for demons - A panorama of hills - Sources of the Meh Ping and Meh Teng - A river passing under a mountain - Muan Hang an ancient lake - basin - Rival claims of Ping Shans and - CONTENTS . British Shans or Ngio - The upper.
... disease - Snares for demons - A panorama of hills - Sources of the Meh Ping and Meh Teng - A river passing under a mountain - Muan Hang an ancient lake - basin - Rival claims of Ping Shans and - CONTENTS . British Shans or Ngio - The upper.
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amongst bamboo Ban Meh Bangkok bank Bhamo boys breakfast Buddh Burmah Burmese Shans camp caravan chief China Chinese Chow Hluang cotton crest crossed the Meh distance Dr Cushing Dr M'Gilvary east elephants feet broad feet deep forest Gaudama ground halted hillocks hills howdah Huay inches journey Kamooks Kampti Karenni Karens Khas Khow Khum Kiang Hai Kiang Hsen Kiang Tung La-hu Lakon Laos Lapoon Lawa leaving Loi Soo Tayp Loogalay Luang Prabang mahout Maing Loongyee Maulmain Meh Khoke Meh Kong Meh Laik Meh Low Meh Nium Meh Ping Meh Wung miles from Hlineboay missionaries monastery Moné morning Moung Muang Haut Ngor night Nong pagoda passed Phya Ping Shans placed plain plateau Portow railway rest-house rice river rupees Salween Salween river sandstone Siamese side slaves spirits spurs stream teak temple Thoungyeen told trees valley verandah Viang Yunnan Zimmé Shans
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