The Mists of Ramanna: The Legend That Was Lower Burma

by Michael A. Aung-Thwin

Scholars have long accepted the belief that a Theravada Buddhist Mon kingdom, Ramannadesa, 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 circumacribed much of the scholarship on early Burma and significantly shaped the history of Southeast...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824828860
• ISBN13: 9780824828868
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
• Length: 433 Pages
• Weight: 1.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.3"