A list of inscriptions found in Burma

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A List of Inscriptions
in Burmafound
Part I
The List of arrangedInscriptions
datesot theirin the order
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THE LIST OF INSCRIPTIONS ARRANGED IN THE ORDER
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in Burma and to nowof the foundThe up pub-InscriptionsCorpus
six enormous volumes of theconsists oflished,
BurmeseThe ofCorpus 2,802size, numbering altogether pages.Elephant
to then Professor of Pali atE.Dr. Forchhammer, up
in heGovernmentwas 1881';the ArchaeologistappointedCollege,Rangoon
ofand it is he who the collectionthe first inwas Burma, beganarchaeologist
into the mentionedin course of towhich time, great Corpuswas, developepigraphs
all the of thesehad a ; were,above. He few, Pagancollected, inscriptionsexcept
and edited Mr. Taw Sein Ko in modernfound hisafter his bydeath, among papers
the other the lastalso atBurmese who intervals, volumes,characters, edited,
These some of whichof thein the volumes,1913.early part yearappearing
:are now out of are
print,
of andThe Ava, 1892.(i) Inscriptions Pagan,, Pinya
from the stones collectedThe by King Bodawpaya(ii) copied
near Arakan Vol.and the Pagoda, I, 1897.placed
The Vol.same, II, 1897.(iii)
The collected in Vol.Burma, I, 1900.(iv) UpperInscriptions
The Vol.same, II, 1903.(v)
and nowThe collected King(vi) by BodawpayaOriginal Inscriptions
near the 1913.Patodawgyi Pagoda, Amarapura,placed
doin so rich in lithicas be a landBut inscriptions,these, might expected
number of such documents. Therenot exhaust the
of over three hundredis in this office a collection
which in duewhich is added to and course,continually, will,estampages, being
must be added theform volume of a size. Toanother these, again,respectable
and someM8n or found at Prome Moulmein,Pegu,Talaing inscriptions Pagan,
the othersof been edited in thewhich have Birmanica?already Epigraphia
for there are the few
; then, inscriptionsbeing actively prepared publication Pyu
3
found to some of which have beennow,up already published.
number of are written in BurmeseThe these naturally ;inscriptionsgreatest
in from itsbut a which,country geographical position,
in which theLanguages inscrip- n man it was to bewas to SQ influences,' expectedl* -irons are written. . . . ., , ,
number would be found in otherthat a certain
it written inas well. So is that we find our epigraphs eight languages,languages
as in order of :follows, arranged frequency
about nine-tenths.(i) Burmese,
after the overthrowwhich became the sacredPali, language partial(ii)
of Southern Buddhism intoof the Arl and the introduction Pagan
from That6n in 1057.
of theM 6 better known as then, Talaing, language people inhabiting(iii)
ofLower whose was annexed AnorataBurma, by Kingcountry
used inin M8n was almost exclusively inscriptionsPagan 1057.
ofat the Burmese theduring reign King Kyanzitthacapital
(1084-1112).
1 for i. Forchhammer died inon the Work in Burma the year 1901-1902, p.Report Archaeological
April 1890.
Face of the atVol. Part "The M6n orI, I, Talaing Myazedi Inscription Pagan," bypp. 53^,
othersO. Part No. I-to No. C. O.C. Vol. I, II, VIII, by Blagden;Blagden. pp. 69-168, Inscriptions
short in on the on theare in The second volume contains the inscriptions Talaing 400 plaquesproof.
atAnanda temple Pagan.
"3 The Face of the atVol. Part 1,Birmanica, I, pp. 59 ff, Pyu Myazedi InscriptionEpigraphia
'' "
The four of theC. O. Indica, 1913, p. 127, Pyu Inscriptions ; inscrip-Pagan," by Blagden. Epigraphia
andtions on funeral urns found at Prome are' here translated discussed by Blagden.inno this has been foundSanskrit; complete inscription language(iv)
1
in Burma But there are short ones in mixed Sanskrit andproper.
the lines of some Burmese are inPali ; inscriptionsopening pure
Sanskrit.
P'iao of the Chinese the were a withthe
;Py u, Pyu powerful people,(v)
at Prome in Lower and thetheir Burma, extended,capital through
to Shwebo in theChindwin Burma,Valley, up beyond Upper along
bank of the were
right Irrawaddy. They subjugated by King
in and as a nation at the endAnorata 1057, disappeared completely
ofof the or 'the I4thi3th beginning century, being amalgamated
their more Most of thehardy conquerors. Pyu inscriptionsby
a few have as been found are short,only yet veryunfortunately
on funeral urns discovered near Prome.being
on the ofone written in ink wall aSiamese; two,(vi) there_are only
near the Ananda at the other on at
; stone,temple temple Pagan
Museum.the Pagan
there is found in and now in the Museum.one,(vii) Chinese; only Pagan,
It one side of a the other side inscribed instone,occupies being
It has now much even the last fifteenweathered,Pyu. very during
or the characters are It wasso almost
;years completely illegible.
much better when I and ofsaw it first invery 1905, good portions
then whenit could have been translated. It was inscribed probably
Thiswas taken Kublai Khan's in extra-Pagan by army 1287.
of Chinese but littlepaucity veryordinary inscriptions bespeaks
real Chinese influence in Burma.
in this also one was at(viii) Tamil; found,language inscription only
It records the foundation of a Visnu at andPagan. temple Pagan,
its characters are said to to the of thebelong 13th century
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Christian Era.
A search for in all the of Burma has notdistrictsinscriptions yetthorough
been carried out when such a search is some more
; instituted,systematically
in Siamese and Tamil it beis from thefound, for,inscriptions will, hoped, early
of the Christian there has been acenturies active intercourseEra, always very
between Southern India and Burma and and relationscommercial
; political Siam and Burma have been close. New M6nalways very inscriptions
are found from time to and a search in themethodical the area oftime; large
3
of Old Prome will no doubtsite some more documents.yield Pyu
Burma is one of the richest countries of Indo-China inincontestably very
1" The least foundation,inscriptions. religiousA of thege inscriptions. j* ,
benefaction or dedication of or fruit-slavesland,
was recorded on stone. The total of the in thetrees, etc., generally inscriptions
list as shewn the serial numbers does not a idea as tocorrectpresent by give
their real number the reason is in a same stonethe
; that, very great many cases,
contains not but three and more distinct documents dated.two,one, differently
1 a few short on small votive tablets to fromExcepting very legends imported India.Pagan Several,
have been found in Arakan at the old Vesali andhowever, ; one has beencapitals, Mrohaung only yet
Annual of this fordeciphered (see the others are underReport Department 1919, p. 56); preparation;
five have been found in Arakan. I must take this for foraltogether once theopportunity exploding, all,"
of a stone slab with a Sanskrit record in the ofmyth Samvat or A.D. itlarge Gupta alphabet 108, 416 ";
"have beento erected one ofpurports Maharajadhiraja inby Jayapala, king Hastinapura (Tagaung)
Brahmadesa on the Eravati and is said to the names ofmention five of(Irrawaddy)," kings Tagaung
to the Lunar of on the the first of come frombelonging Dynasty Ha&linapura Ganges, hadwhom, Gopala,
India to establish his at This Sanskrit has never but was inventeddynasty Tagaung. inscription existed,
in toto Fiihrer a tour he made inDr. Buima, his note on this tour in it isby during being published 1894;
he also who that he had found thewrongly gave out,