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Myanmar in the Fifteenth Century

A Tale of Two Kingdoms

By: Michael A. Aung-Thwin

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Myanmar in the Fifteenth Century

A Tale of Two Kingdoms

By: Michael A. Aung-Thwin

When the great kingdom of Pagan declined politically in the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries, its territory devolved into three centers of power and a period of transition occurred. Then two new kingdoms arose: the First Ava Dynasty in Upper Myanmar and the First Pegu Dynasty in Lower Myanmar. Both originated around the second half of the fourteenth century, reached their pinnacles in the fifteenth, and declined before the first half of the sixteenth century was over. Their story is the only missing piece in Myanmar’s mainstream historiography, a gap this book is designed to fill. Renowned historian Michael Aung-Thwin reconstructs the chronology of this nearly two-hundred-year period while challenging a number of long-held beliefs. Contrary to conventional histories, he contends that Ava was the continuation of an old kingdom (Pagan) led by its traditional ethno-linguistic group, the Burmese speakers, while Pegu was a new kingdom led by more recent arrivals, the Mon speakers. Although both kingdoms shared many cultural components of the “classical” Pagan tradition, Ava was inland and agrarian, while Pegu was maritime and commercial, so that each was shaped by very different geopolitical and economic environments. In that difference rests the dynamism of their “upstream-downstream” relationship, which, thereafter, became a regular historical pattern in Myanmar history, represented today by inland Naypyidaw and “coastal” Yangon. Original in conception and impressive in scope, this well written book not only fills in the history of early modern Myanmar but places it in a broad interpretive context based on years of familiarity with a wealth of primary sources. Full of arresting anecdotes and colorful personalities, it represents an important contribution to Myanmar studies that will not easily be superseded.

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The Mists of Rāmañña

The Legend That Was Lower Burma

By: Michael A. Aung-Thwin

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The Mists of Rāmañña

The Legend That Was Lower Burma

By: Michael A. Aung-Thwin

Scholars have long accepted the belief that a Theravada Buddhist Mon kingdom, Rāmaññadesa, flourished in coastal Lower Burma until it was conquered in 1057 by King Aniruddha of Pagan—which then became, in essence, the new custodian and repository of Mon culture in the Upper Burmese interior. This scenario, which Aung-Thwin calls the "Mon Paradigm," has circumscribed much of the scholarship on early Burma and significantly shaped the history of Southeast Asia for more than a century. Now, in a masterful reassessment of Burmese history, Michael Aung-Thwin reexamines the original contemporary accounts and sources without finding any evidence of an early Theravada Mon polity or a conquest by Aniruddha. The paradigm, he finds, cannot be sustained. How, when, and why did the Mon Paradigm emerge? Aung-Thwin meticulously traces the paradigm's creation to the merging of two temporally, causally, and contextually unrelated Mon and Burmese narratives, which were later synthesized in English by colonial officials and scholars. Thus there was no single originating source, only a late and mistaken conflation of sources. The conceptual, methodological, and empirical ramifications of these findings are significant. The prevalent view that state-formation began in the maritime regions of Southeast Asia with trade and commerce rather than in the interior with agriculture must now be reassessed. In addition, a more rigorous look at the actual scope and impact of a romanticized Mon culture in the region is required. Other issues important to the field of early Burma and Southeast Asian studies, including the process of "Indianization," the characterization of "classical" states, and the advent and spread of Theravada Buddhism, are also directly affected by Aung-Thwin’s work. Finally, it provides a geo-political, cultural, and economic alternative to what has become an ethnic interpretation of Burma’s history. An electronic version of this book is freely available thanks to the support of libraries working with Knowledge Unlatched, a collaborative initiative designed to make high-quality books open access for the public good. The open-access version of this book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0), which means that the work may be freely downloaded and shared for non-commercial purposes, provided credit is given to the author. Derivative works and commercial uses require permission from the publisher.

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0824874412

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Pagan

The Origins of Modern Burma

By: Michael A. Aung-Thwin

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Pagan

The Origins of Modern Burma

By: Michael A. Aung-Thwin

Pagan: The Origin of Modern Burma offers major contributions in three areas: the manner in which it integrates original, indigenous source material with social science theory; the significant association it makes between religion and the economy of redistribution; and the model it provides for the rise and decline of a major Buddhist kingdom in Southeast Asia. This is an important book for Southeast Asia scholars and Burma specialists. It will be standard reference work for historians, social scientists, and philologists with an interest in Southeast Asia. Readers interested in general issues of church and state, religion and society, as well as those more specifically concerned with historic and institutional Buddhism will find it a valuable work.

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0824880080

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The Mists of Rāmañña

The Legend That Was Lower Burma

By: Michael A. Aung-Thwin

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Myanmar in the Fifteenth Century

A Tale of Two Kingdoms

By: Michael A. Aung-Thwin

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Lynn Andrews in Conversation with Michael Toms

By: Lynn V. Andrews,Michael Toms

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Lynn Andrews in Conversation with Michael Toms

By: Lynn V. Andrews,Michael Toms

Lynn Andrews takes us into the wilderness of self to plumb the depths of our heart so that our being can soar. She challenges us to see the infinite range of possibilities that lies beyond our ordinary limits.

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Aslan Pub

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0944031420

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The Man

By: Michael Corcoran

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The Man

By: Michael Corcoran

The Man". Not just any man, but someone who has touched lives from the beginning of time. This is the story we are commanded to take to the world, and why. That is why I felt it was important to make it on a children's level. The sooner we can get them to know Him from whom our blessings flow, the sooner they can start to live and glorify God in this life and the next.

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Covenant Books, Inc.

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1640036660

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9781640036666

There is Nowhere Else - Book I

By: Michael Hurd

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There is Nowhere Else - Book I

By: Michael Hurd

As the fourth book in the "Enter the Witness" series, "There is Nowhere Else" acquaints its readers with the presence of individuals called 'Invisibles.' These guides reveal additional secrets toward a successful management of Reality's challenges.

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1794867325

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The Purpose

By: Michael Hall

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The Purpose

By: Michael Hall

There is much in life in which we don't understand or can control. If it's meant to be, it will happen. So when that South Vietnamese veteran took my M16 so I could run for my life, was this his purpose for me?

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Sync My World: Thief's Honor GA SK (Hardcover Edition)

By: Rodney St. Michael

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Sync My World: Thief's Honor GA SK (Hardcover Edition)

By: Rodney St. Michael

This is chapter two to ten of a three-part series discussing the astrophysical cause of mental and biological conditions such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, MPD syndrome, autism, homosexuality, personality, gender, "race" and so forth. It also analyzes the correspondence of these conditions to humanity in general and concludes that all the activities of people stem from astrophysically-caused gender elements that conduct people's lives from their socio-physiological behavior, to their security, spiritual and political needs. It also observes the convergence of these elements that lead to relative peace.

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0557080746

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Passion of the Fifth

By: Michael Markevich

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Passion of the Fifth

By: Michael Markevich

The book is about the passion of being involved with the fifth civilization of humankind at a very auspicious fractal tier. Since a recent rounding of a tiny solar system around the equatorial belt of a familiar galaxy, one might say in perspective, the method of rational soul has begun a journey back to a first time. It had actually been documented by ancients of Egypt, Maya, and Khmer. An experiential situation of contribution to dark chaos of possibility by each citizen is again reinforced.

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1546238255

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Ripples of Light: Quiet Retreat Teachings

By: Geshe Michael Roach

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Ripples of Light: Quiet Retreat Teachings

By: Geshe Michael Roach

These extraordinary teachings on the spiritual path were given between March 3, 2000 and June 6, 2003, when Geshe Michael Roach engaged in a 3 year silent meditation retreat in the Arizona desert wilderness. In order to fulfill a promise to his students, he came blindfolded to the edge of his retreat boundary to teach. These books are transcripts of those talks, with very little editing, in order to preserve the freshness of his language and the several layers of meaning they convey. Geshe Michael Roach is the first American to pass the rigorous training and exam for the title of Geshe, or Master of Buddhism, after twenty years at Sera Mey Tibetan Buddhist Monastery.

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0983747849

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Reading Andrew Fuller

By: Michael A. G. Haykin

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Reading Andrew Fuller

By: Michael A. G. Haykin

This reading guide takes an individual reader or a reading group through a representative selection of Andrew Fuller's works, nearly all of them complete in themselves.

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198917468X

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Book's by Michael A. Aung-Thwin

Myanmar in the Fifteenth Century

Myanmar in the Fifteenth Century

The Mists of Rāmañña

The Mists of Rāmañña

Pagan

Pagan

The Mists of Rāmañña

The Mists of Rāmañña

Myanmar in the Fifteenth Century

Myanmar in the Fifteenth Century

Lynn Andrews in Conversation with Michael Toms

Lynn Andrews in Conversation with Michael Toms

The Man

The Man

There is Nowhere Else - Book I

There is Nowhere Else - Book I

The Purpose

The Purpose

Sync My World: Thief's Honor GA SK (Hardcover Edition)

Sync My World: Thief's Honor GA SK (Hardcover Edition)

Passion of the Fifth

Passion of the Fifth

Ripples of Light: Quiet Retreat Teachings

Ripples of Light: Quiet Retreat Teachings

Reading Andrew Fuller

Reading Andrew Fuller

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