ABSTRACT
The attitudes of the people to these may be inferred from the words of the monk in the inscription quoted above. In persuading the Tartar king not to invade Pagan, which he likened to a small tree, he says: ‘A man who plants a garden, pours water and makes the tree grow, He would never pinch off the tips. Only when the trees have fruited, does he eat fruit’ (Pe Maung Tin & Luce 1928:129).
