The Wheel-Turner and His House : : Kingship in a Buddhist Ecumene /

The Wheel-Turner and His House : : Kingship in a Buddhist Ecumene / / Geok Goh.

The recorded history of precolonial Burmese empire and the modern state of Myanmar starts with the kingdom of Bagan in the eleventh century. The oldest surviving written records and structures are from the reign of King Anawrahta (1044–1077). Anawrahta converted to Theravada Buddhism and created a v...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Goh, Geok,
Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2021]
©2015
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (250 p.) :; 4 illustrations, 6 maps
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Lists of Figures & Maps
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Note on Transliteration
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • PART ONE-The Historical Context
  • 1-The Genesis of the King
  • 2-The King and His Ecumene
  • PART TWO-The King in the Story: Orality and Literacy in Myanmar and Southeast Asia
  • 3-The Yazawin: Orality and Literacy
  • 4-U Kala and the Anawrahta Story
  • 5-Makers of Burmese History after U Kala
  • PART THREE-Reinventing the King
  • 6-The King as Hero: Memory and History in Modern Burma 175 Postscript-The Narrative Comes Full Cycle
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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