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XIII. The Lady of the Weir

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2011

R. Grant Brown
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The Kyauksè district is at once the smallest and the richest in Upper Burma. Two rivers, the Zawgyi and the Panlaung, enter it from the mountains in the Shan States to the east, and from them spring a number of canal systems. These existed long before the British annexed the country, and tradition ascribes them to the great king Nawyӑta (Anuruddha), who reigned from 1044 to 1077 a.d.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 48 , Issue 3 , July 1916 , pp. 491 - 496
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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1916

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page 491 note 1 This is the modern Burmese form of the name, spelt according to the phonetic system prescribed by the Government of Burma, with the substitution of ӑ for a to represent the indeterminate vowel (as in among). The other is the Pali form, transliterated in accordance with the Geneva Convention.

page 495 note 1 This festival is described in Professor Ridgeway's new book, Dramas and Dramatic Dances, and a more detailed description by the present writer is appearing in the July-December number of the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute.