ABSTRACT

This classic history, first published in 1883, is the first English-language work to provide a comprehensive history of Burma, now Myanmar, based on Burmese sources. It incorporates the early history not only of Burma proper, but also those of the surrounding kingdoms of Pegu, Taungu, Tenasserim, and Arakan, comparing when possible differing accounts of events as described in those chronicles. Includes original extensive appendixes and large foldout map.

chapter I|16 pages

Burma Proper—Legendary Kings

chapter II|7 pages

Prome and Pugan

chapter III|9 pages

Pegu

chapter IV|8 pages

Pugan Monarchy—(Continued)

chapter V|8 pages

Arakan

chapter VI|8 pages

Pugan Monarchy—(to its end)

chapter VII|6 pages

Shan Kings in Divided Burma

chapter VIII|13 pages

Burma with Capital at Ava—Shan Kings in Pegu

chapter IX|5 pages

Arakan

chapter XI|6 pages

Taungu

chapter XIII|16 pages

Pegu and Burma United Under a Burmese King

chapter XIV|4 pages

Pegu and Burma Again Separated

chapter XV|7 pages

Pegu and Burma Again United

chapter XVII|22 pages

Alaunghprâ—Triumph of Burma

chapter XVIII|13 pages

Arakan

chapter XIX|20 pages

Dynasty of Alaunghprâ

chapter XX|28 pages

Dynasty of Alaunghprâ—Conquest of Arakan

chapter XXII|14 pages

Early European Intercourse with Burma