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areas where a particular piece of research might be of use.
This list has been compiled chiefly from direct surveys of the literature with
additional information supplied by the bibliographies of numerous and various
sources listed in the present bibliography. Additional sources include submissions
from members of the BurmaResearch, EarlyBurma, and SEAHTP egroups, as well as
public domain listings of personal publications on the internet.
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I. Archaeology & Pre-Pagan Era
I. A Pre-Pagan: General
Forbes, C. J. F. S. Legendary History of Burma and Arakan. Rangoon, Government Press. 1882.
Despite the title there is very little here on Arakan [M.W.C.].
Ito, Toshikatsu. “Cotton Production and the Dry Areas in Mainland Southeast Asia From the 6
th
to the
9
th Centuri[es].” In Fukui Hayao (ed.),The Dry Areas of Southeast Asia: Harsh or Benign
Envrionment? (Kyoto: Kyot University, 1999): 95-105.
Luce, G. H. Phases of Pre-Pagán Burma: Languages and History. 2 vols. Oxford: Oxford University
Press, 1985.
Luce, G. H. “The Advent of Buddhism to Burma.” In L. Cousins and A. Kunst (eds.). Buddhist Studies
in Honour of Miss. I. B. Horner. (Dordrecht, 1974): 119-137.
Movius, Hallam L., Jr. “Stone Age in Burma.” Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 32
(1943): 341-393.
San Nyein, U. “Nyaunggan Bronze Age.” In Proceedings of the Myanmar Two Millenia Conference,
15-17 December 1999 (Yangon: Universities Historical Research Centre, 2000): III, 1-9.
Stargardt, Janice. Tracing Through things: The Oldest Pali Texts and the Early Buddhist Archaeology
of India and Burma. Amsterdam: Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. 2000.
Than Tun. “Prehistoric Researches in Myanmar.” In Traditons in Current Perspective: Proceedings of
the Conference on Myanmar and Southeast Asian Studies, 15-17 November 1995, Yangon
(Yangon: Universities Historical Research Centre, 1996): 25-29.
I. B. Pre-Pagan: Upper Burma
Aung-Thwin, Michael. "Burma Before Pagan: The Satus of Archaeology Today." Asian Perspectives
25 (1982-83): 1-21.
Brown, G. "The Origin of the Burmese." Journal of the Burma Research Society 2.1 (1911): 1-8.
Burney, Henry. “Discovery of Buddhist Images with Deva-nagari Inscriptions at Tagaoung, the
Ancient Capital of the Burmese Empire.” Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (1836): 157-
164.
Grant-Brown, W. F. "The Pre-Buddhist Religion of the Burmese." Folklore 32 (1921): 77-100.
Luce, G. H. “Old Kyaukse and the Coming of the Burmans.” Journal of the Burma Research Society
42.1 (1959):. 75-109.
Luce, G. H. "Davaravati and Old Burma." Journal of the Siam Society 53 (1965): 9-25.
Miksic, John. “Cities in Ancient Myanmar: Orthogenetic or Heterogenetic?” In Proceedings of the
Myanmar Two Millenia Conference, 15-17 December 1999 (Yangon: Universities Historical
Research Centre, 2000): III, 21-38.
Myint Aung, U. "The Capital of Suvannabhumi Unearthed?" Shiroku 10 (1977): 41-53.
Nay Thaung, Daw, et al. “The Record of the First New Finding on the Occurrence of Anthropoid
Primates? Pilopithecus in Myanmar.” Myanmar Historical Research Journal 3 (December 1998):
1-6 + plates.
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Ni Ni Myint, Daw. “ Report on Recent Archaeological Finds in Budalin Township: Sagaing Division.”
Myanmar Historical Research Journal 3 (December 1998): 7-9 + plates.
Nitta, Eiji. "The Situation of the Neolithic Culture of Padah-lin Caves in the Context of Southeast
Asian History." In Okudaira, Ryuji, Saito, Teruko, & Than Tun (eds.), Burma and Japan: Basic
Studies on their Cultural and Social Structure (Tokyo: The Burma Studies Group[Japan], 1987):
161-168.
Tin Thein. “ Primates of Pondaung.” Myanmar Perspectives 2.4 (1997): 66-69.
I.C. Pre-Pagan: Lower Burma & the Pyu
Aung Thaw. (ed.). Reports on the Excavations at Beikthano. Rangoon: Sarpay Beikman. 1968.
Gutman, Pamela. “ The Pyu Maitreyas.” In Traditons in Current Perspective: Proceedings of the
Conference on Myanmar and Southeast Asian Studies, 15-17 November 1995, Yangon
(Yangon: Universities Historical Research Centre, 1996): 165-178.
Luce, G. H. "The Ancient Pyu." Journal of the Burma Research Society 27 (1937): 239-253.
Luce, G. H. "Rice and Religion: A Study of Old Mon-Khmer Evolution and Culture." Journal of the
Siam Society 53 (1965): 139-153.
Sao Saimöng Mangrai. “ Did Sona and Uttara come to Lower Burma?” Journal of the Burma Research
Society 59 (1976): 155-164.
Shorto, H. L. “ The Gavampti-Tradition.” In Himansu Bhusan Sarkar (ed.). R. C. Majumdar Felicitation
Volume (Calcutta 1970): 15-30.
Stargardt, Janice. The Ancient Pyu of Burma. Vol. I: Early Pyu Cities in a Man-made Landscape.
Cambridge: 1990.
Stargardt, Janice. “ Hydraulic Works and Southeast Asian Polities.” In David G. Marr & A. C. Milner
(ed.), Southeast Asia in the 9
th
to 14
th Centuries (Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian
Studies): 23-37.
I.D. Pre-Pagan: Western Burma
Ali, Syed Murtaza. "Chandra Kings of Pattikera and Arakan." Journal of the Asiatic Society of Pakistan
6 (1961): 267-274.
Banerji, R. D. "Unrecorded Kings of Arakan." Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal (New Series) 16
(1920): 85.
Ghosal, S. N. "Missing Links in Arakan History." In M. E. Haq (ed.). Abdul Karim Sahitya-Visarad
Commemorative Volume; Essays on Archaeology, Art, History, Literature and Philosophy of
the Orient. (Dacca: 1972): 255-266.
Ghosh, J. C. "The Candra Dynasty of Arakan." Indian Historical Quarterly 7 (1931): 37-40.
Gutman, Pamela. "Ancient Arakan (Burma) With Special Reference to its Cultural History Between
the 5th and 11th Centuries." Ph.D. Dissertation, Australian National University, 1976.
San Shwe Bu. "A Votive Tablet Found at Akyab." Journal of the Burma Reearch Society 8 (1918): 39-
40.
San Shwe Bu. "The Legend of the Early Aryan Settlement of Arakan." Journal of the Burma Reearch
Society 11.2 (1911): 66-69..."
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