ABSTRACT
The two inscriptions which are the subject of this article are preserved in the vestibule of the Kyaikmaraw image shrine in the village of that name, which lies on the Ataran 11 miles south-east of Moulmein. That to the left of the entrance records a dedication of land to the shrine by the ruling queen of Pegu, Ba Thau, in AD 1455, and is thus the earliest dated Middle Mon inscription as well as the only one assignable to Ba Thaus reign which antedates the co-regency of Dhammacet. Stone I record the dedication to the Kyaikmaraw shrine of the revenues of Tko Mbo by Ba Thau at the end of Buddhist Lent two years after her accession. Stone II, which, as already stated, yields only a fragmentary text, mentions a son and a nephew of the ruler, who may be the donors. The preamble is followed by a recital of blessings which with slight variations repeats I.
