A History of Burma

Maung Htin Aung was the Rector of the University of Rangoon, 1946-1958. He is the author of Burmese Drama (Oxford University Press, 1937), Burmese Folk-Tales (Oxford, 1948), Burmese Law Tales (Oxford, 1962), Folk Elements in Burmese Buddhism (Oxford, 1962), The Stricken Peacock: Anglo-Burmese Relations 1752-1948 (Martinus Nijhoff, 1965), Burmese Monk's Tales (Columbia Universit...

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Maung Htin Aung was the Rector of the University of Rangoon, 1946-1958. He is the author of Burmese Drama (Oxford University Press, 1937), Burmese Folk-Tales (Oxford, 1948), Burmese Law Tales (Oxford, 1962), Folk Elements in Burmese Buddhism (Oxford, 1962), The Stricken Peacock: Anglo-Burmese Relations 1752-1948 (Martinus Nijhoff, 1965), Burmese Monk's Tales (Columbia University Press, 1966), and Epistles Written on Eve of Anglo-Burmese War (Nijhoff, 1967).

Chapter
I. Burma in Southeast Asia
II. Early Kingdoms: The Mons and the Pyus
III. The Kingdom of Pagan and the First Burmese Empire
IV. The Decline of Pagan and the Mongol Intrusion
V. Ava against Pegu; Shan against Mon
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Chapter
I. Burma in Southeast Asia
II. Early Kingdoms: The Mons and the Pyus
III. The Kingdom of Pagan and the First Burmese Empire
IV. The Decline of Pagan and the Mongol Intrusion
V. Ava against Pegu; Shan against Mon
VI. The Second Burmese Empire
VII. The Decline of Bayinnaung’s Empire
VIII. Alaungpaya and the Third Burmese Empire
IX. Burma on the Eve of the English Wars
X. The British Intrusion in Burma, 1824-1852
XI. The British Conquest of Burma, 1885
XII. The Regaining of Independence, 1886-1948
Postscript. Burma after 1948: A Dialogue between the Editor and the Author
Appendix
I. Chronological Table
II List of Kings, 1044-1885
III. Bibliographical Notes
Index
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