History Of Burma From The Earliest Times To 10 March 1824 The Beginning Of The English Conquest

The author has made a good attempt to unearth the history of Burma. The scope of this work stretches from the earliest time till the first Burmese war in 1824. It offers a chronology of the history from 500 A.D. up to 1885. It is divided into 7 chapters on Burma before 1044 A.D. It deals with the kingdom of Pagan or the dynasty of the temple builders (10441287); the Shan dominion 12871531 and further on come the overseas discoveries, Arakan, the Toungoo Dynasty (15311752) and the Alaungpaya dynasty (17521824). It has two fine illustrations and 5 maps to delineate the things properly. Nearing the end of the book are genealogical tables of the various dynasties of the Burman kings. An Appendix at the end offers interesting notes on various aspects of Burmese life such as inscriptions, Shipping, Coastlines, Drink, Irrigation, Coronation, the Temples and their builders, fire arms etc. It was first published in 1925.