Factors that influenced the evolution of Burma Part VII

Factors that influenced the evolution of Burma Part VII Ava and Pegu (c. 1364–1555) After the collapse of Pagan authority, Burma was divided. A Burman Ava Dynasty (1364–527) was eventually established at the city of Ava by 1364. Pagan culture was revived and a great age of Burmese literature ensued. The kingdom lacked easily defendable borders, [...]

Factors that influenced the evolution of Burma Part VI

Factors that influenced   the evolution of Burma Part VI   Pagan Kingdom During the time of the Pyu kingdom, between about 500 and 950, the Bamar, people of the Burmese ethnic group, began infiltrating from the area to the north into the central region of Burma which was occupied by Pyu people that had come [...]

Factors that influenced the evolution of Burma Part V

Factors that influenced the evolution of Burma Part V Mon Early History of Burma_ Humans lived in the region that is now Burma as early as 11,000 years ago, but the first identifiable civilisation is that of the Pyu although both Burman and Mon tradition claim that the fabled Suvarnabhumi mentioned in ancient Pali and Sanskrit [...]

Factors that influenced the evolution of Burma Part IV

Factors that influenced the evolution of Burma Part IV Pyu Pyu, one of the three founding father of Bamar or Myanmar race was believed to be the mixture of three groups; (i) Few insignificant local inhabitants since Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age, (ii) many migrants came from India bringing in Hinduism and Buddhism along [...]

Factors that influenced the evolution of Burma Part III

 Factors that influenced the evolution of Burma Part III  Settlements of Indian Migrants in Ancient Burma Orissa Orissa, Indian Buddhist colonists, arrived lower Burma, settled and built pagodas since 500 BC. Andhra Dynasty Hindu colonists, of Andhra Dynasty, from middle India (180 BC) established Hanthawaddy (Mon town) and Syriam (Ta Nyin or Than Lyin) in Burma. [...]

Factors that influenced the evolution of Burma Part II

         Factors that influenced the evolution of Burma Part II   2. History of Burma The History of Burma (or Myanmar) is long and complex. Several races of people have lived in the region, the oldest of which are probably the Mon or the Pyu. In the 9th century the Bamar (Burman) people migrated [...]

Basic factors that influenced the evolution of Burma Part I

Basic factors that influenced the evolution of Burma Part I 1. Geographical factor  Burma: “The highway between India and China” India and China are the world’s biggest and ancient cradle of civilizations. High, snow peaked, rough and steep Himalaya mountain ranges block the direct interaction or travelling between the two of them except for the [...]

Burma’s Saffron Revolution leader, Revered Monk, Sayadaw (abbot) U Gambira

Burma‘s Saffron Revolution leader Revered Monk, Sayadaw (abbot) U Gambira Dr San Oo Aung  Sayadaw (abbot) U Gambira,  is a prominent Buddhist clergy, who took a leading role in the August and September peoples’ protest in Burma. In August 2007, SPDC announces the sudden increase in fuel prices. That cause a devastating effect of Burmese [...]

To win the Hearts and Minds of the people of Burma

To win the Hearts and Minds of the people of Burma  Surely there must be a_  “How-to-Govern” manual somewhere that says: ‘Thou Shalt Not Martyr Thy Opponents Unless Thou Really Is Not Interested in Winning the Hearts and Minds of Thy People’. Marina Mahathir Actually I just want to write two shot commentaries after reading [...]

To rebuild our beloved Burma on Moral High Grounds

To rebuild our beloved Burma on Moral High Grounds   Lowliness is young ambition’s ladder, Whereto the climber upward turns his face; But when he once attains the up most round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend. Shakespeare’s – Julius Caesar [...]

Say Young Sone Anyein, video 1 to 6

Say Young Sone Anyein, video 1 to 6 You Tube Video source through Niknayman’s blog ( thank you Ko Niknayman for the videos) We like to praise the courage of the Comedians after watching the Jokes of the Anyein performance , which is usually combined with the traditional dance with the jokes.   However the [...]

Our Islamic roots in China

  Our Islamic roots in China We hereby want to mention the propagation of Islam in China. Facts taken and summarized from_ 1. “The Root of Islam in China”  by Haji Kahar Hoh Kok Hoong, from the article in Islamic Herald, PERKIM. 2. And Wikipedia China and Islam articles. 3. My article, Panthay Muslims or [...]

UNSG’s INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS DAY MESSAGE

  14 December 2007 Secretary-General SG/SM/11335 OBV/677 Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN INTERNATIONAL DAY MESSAGE, STRESSES migrants should not be seen as burden but assets to society Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for International Migrants Day, observed 18 December: Today marks the eighth International [...]

‘Pumpkin positive’ Tatmadaw and SPDC Generals

  ‘Pumpkin positive’ Tatmadaw and SPDC Generals While reading the AFP news from Paris, I unexpectedly visualized that our beloved SPDC generals  are suffering almost all the diseases mentioned. The British Medical Journal (BMJ) reported that Dr Paul Keeley, a consultant in the department of palliative medicine at Glasgow Royal Infirmary in Scotland wrote to [...]