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	Burma - LoveToKnow 1911
		The forests of Burma are the finest in British India and one of the chief assets of the wealth of the country; it is from Burma that the world draws its main supply of teak for shipbuilding, and indeed it was the demand for teak that largely led to the annexation of Burma.
		The forests of Burma, therefore, are now strictly preserved by the government, and there is a regular forest department for the conservation and cutting of timber, the planting of young trees for future generations, the prevention of forest fires, and for generally supervising their treatment by the natives.
		The chief dyeproduct of Burma is cutch, a brown dye obtained from the wood of the sha tree.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Burma (11817 words)

	Burma Travels Information
		Burma was thirdly unified in 1752 by King Alaungpaya, the founder of the last dynasty of Burma.
		Myanmar, known as Burma until 1989, comprising seven states and seven divisions, is one of the most attractive places in Southeast Asia.
		The coastal districts are usually referred to as Lower Myanmar where as the inland districts are called Upper Myanmar.
	www.burma-travels.com /information.htm (486 words)

	Myanmar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Alaungpaya (1752-1760), after expelling the Mon throughout the lower Ayeyarwady valley, subdued the Shan in the north, re-captured Manipur, established the Konbaung Dynasty and founded the Third Burmese Empire.
		Burma's situation was referred to the UN Security Council for the first time in December for an informal consultation.
		Burma also had a wealth of other natural resources, including teak (75% of the world's), and had a population with high literacy rates.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Burma (4663 words)

	BURMA - LoveToKnow Article on BURMA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The expenditure on the administration of Lower Burma in 1870-1871 was Rs.49,7o,o2o.
		Forests.The forests of Burma are the finest in British India and one of the chief assets of the wealth of the country; it is from Burma that the world draws its main supply of teak for shipbuilding, and indeed it was the demand for teak that largely led to the annexation of Burma.
		The forests of Burma, therefore, are now strictly preserved by the governnlent, and there is a regular forest department for the conservation and cutting of timber, the planting of young trees for future generations, the prevention of forest fires, and for generally supervising their treatment by the natives.
	65.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BU/BURMA.htm (12417 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Burma
		Burma is bounded on the east by China and Siam, on the West by Assam and Bengal.
		It is, therefore, bounded on the east by the Diocese of Dacca, on the north by Eastern Burma, on the west by Siam, and on the south by the sea.
		Monsignor Alexander Cardot, Bishop of Limyra, Vicar Apostolic of Southern Burma, was born at Fresse, Haute-Saône, France, 9 January, 1859, and educated in the seminaries of Luneil and Vesoul and of the Missions Etrangères.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/03082a.htm (1454 words)

	Burma and the Burmese
		Burma is defined not only by these rivers but also by the mountains and highlands of Upper Burma, and the contrasting climates of the dry interior of Upper Burma, known as the Dry Zone, and the wet deltas of Lower Burma.
		Burma's major agricultural crops are rice, beans and pulses (leguminous crops such as peas, beans and lentils), chilies, and edible oils (sesame, sunflower).
		Burma's capital, Rangoon, lies on one of the eight branches of the Irrawaddy that form Lower Burma's ___________ region.
	www.hawaii.edu /cseas/pubs/burma/burma.html (2904 words)

	Vacation in Burma with Asian Vacations - Myanmar History
		The Glass Palace Chronicle of the Kings of Burma (a 19th century historical mythology) claims that the Burmese kings were descendants of the Buddha's family but historians have found no evidence of any ruler before the 1th century King Anawrahta of Bagan.
		Burma was divided into 2 regions: Burma proper, where Burmans were in a majority - which included Arakan and Tenasserim - and the hill areas, inhabited by other minorities.
		Burma became a unitary state with effective power in the hands of the Burman majority at the centre and lip service was paid to minority rights.
	www.vacationsinburma.com /history.html (7636 words)

	BURMA - Online Information article about BURMA
		Population.—The total population of Burma in 1901 Was 10,490,624 as against 7,722,053 in 1891; but a considerable portion of this large increase was due to the inclusion of the Shan States and the Chin hills in the See also:
		deputy commissioners in Lower Burma, and four commissioners and seventeen deputy commissioners in Upper Burma.
		The proportion was greatly reduced in the 1901 census by the inclusion of the Shan States and the Chin hills, which mostly consist of illiterates.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /BUN_CAL/BURMA.html (6683 words)

	Burma: Sahibs in the Shan States
		Perhaps because Burma was administered as an appendage to their wealthy Indian Empire, British colonial officials in Burma were rarely plagued by acute fiscal deficits and never pursued the opium business with the same gusto as their counterparts in the rest of Southeast Asia.
		Soon after their arrival in Lower Burma in 1852, the British had begun importing large quantities of opium from India and marketing it through a governmentcontrolled opium monopoly.
		Until the very end of their suzerainty, opium from these hill tribe areas would continue to be smuggled into Lower Burma, mocking British efforts at reducing the addict population and cutting into the profits from their opium monopoly.
	www.drugtext.org /library/books/McCoy/book/20.htm (1295 words)

	Burma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Brave Men of the Hills: Resistance and Rebellion in Burma, 1825-1932 by Parimal Ghosh (University of Hawaii Press) Chapter 1 covers the period from the beginning of colonial rule in Lower Burma after the First War, till up to the period after the Second War.
		The state formation in pre-British Burma was broadly of a decentralised nature, with a substantial degree of political power located in the spheres of such local level officials as the Myothugyis and the Tbugyis.
		It should be evident from the sequence of the presentation that I believe the revolt to have been substantially due to the conditions existing in agriculture in Lower Burma.
	www.sirreadalot.org /history/history/burmaR.htm (1651 words)

	Daniel Stiles: Ivory Carving in Myanmar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The first was that ivory was produced in two remote tribal areas in Kachin State in the north, and the second was the description of an implement like a small paper-knife used by the nobility to squeeze on ceremonial headdresses and tuck away hair.
		Lower Burma ivory carving was probably stimulated by the presence of the British and Indian merchants and administrators.
		Upper Burma ivory carving developed in the Court of Ava in the 1860s with occasional royal paraphernalia, but there were no pieces that might require refined carving skills.
	www.asianart.com /articles/ivory (5822 words)

	Diving Phuket Thailand - Liveaboard Scuba Diving - PADI Dive Courses - Similan Islands
		The Andaman Sea, separated from the Bay of Bengal by the Andaman-Nicobar Ridge, is part of the Indian Ocean.
		Thailand diving liveaboards into the remote Mergui Archipelago in Myanmar (Burma) are also becoming more popular.
		Dolphins are often sighted by Thailand diving liveaboards in the Similan Islands, Burma and close to Phuket, and there have even been encounters with killer whales (Orcas) and larger whales.
	www.sunrise-divers.com (1387 words)

	Mon History - Asia Finest Discussion Forum
		Their homeland (the whole of Lower Burma aka Hongsawatoi or Rehmonnya or Pegu) is still under the control of the dominating Burmese.
		It was in lower Myanmar comprising fertile deltas of the Ayeyarwady, the Sittaung and Thanlwin.
		Ramannadesa or Lower Myanmar was the western Mon Kingdom and in the old Siam known as Dvaravati, was the eastern Mon Kingdom.
	www.asiafinest.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=5886 (5417 words)

	Euro-Mon Community
		At the present time they inhabit a small fringe of the coast-line of Lower Burma on both sides of the mouth of the Salween River, from some where in the neighbourhood of Pegu to little to the south of the town of Ye.
		It may be that the use of Mon for epigraphic purposes in Upper Burma was dictated mainly by the fancy of an individual monarch and practically ceased when that influence was no longer operative.
		But in view of the growing interest taken tin the Mon language by scholars in Burma, I venture to hope that the defects of he present work will eventually be amended by their corrections, based on wider sources of information than have been available to myself.
	www.eumon.org /his_inscriptions.php (4906 words)

	Democratic Voice of Burma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In Tenesserim Township, many state schools were closed by the authorities for the safety of children as some wards in Tavoy (Dawei) and paddy fields were inundated with flood water, according to local residents.
		Similarly, heavy monsoon downpours in Pegu near the capital Rangoon caused a local river to rise and poor local residents living on lower ground are facing untold miseries.
		But in central Burma, residents of Magwe and Mandalay Divisions have been experiencing a long spell of droughts and the main crops of the regions are in danger of being destroyed due to lack of water.
	www.dvb.no /english/news.php?id=5321 (201 words)

	:: Kao Wao News Group ::
		Burma was admitted to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on July 23, 1997.
		The NLD and Burma’s ethnic minorities must have a seat at the negotiation table, and the phony efforts by the SPDC to hold a sham constitutional convention must be roundly denounced.
		Malaysia came to oppose Burma for the group’s chairmanship in 2006 due to a lack of democratic reform and the continued imprisonment of Aung San Suu Kyi.
	www.kaowao.org /News.105.php (7673 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook -- Burma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Burma was administered as a province of India until 1937 when it became a separate, self-governing colony; independence from the Commonwealth was attained in 1948.
		Burma, a resource-rich country, suffers from pervasive government controls, inefficient economic policies, and rural poverty.
		Burma does not have monetary or fiscal stability, so the economy suffers from serious macroeconomic imbalances - including inflation, multiple official exchange rates that overvalue the Burmese kyat, and a distorted interest rate regime.
	www.cia.gov /cia/publications/factbook/geos/bm.html (1549 words)

	SAVE A LIFE - Foreign Prisoners Support Service
		This prison is located in Irrawaddy division in lower Burma.
		East of Pegu division [Lower Burma] 50 miles to Rangoon.
		East of Pegu division [Lower Burma] 175 miles to Rangoon.
	www.phaseloop.com /foreignprisoners/prison-burma01.html (1326 words)

	Vol.8 No.2 February - Culture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Thus the recorded history of Burma Pagan with the founding of the Burmese state in Pagan by King Anawrahta in AD 1044.
		These military forays entailed the levying of onerous burdens upon the entire population of Lower Burma where many previously cultivated lands reverted to jungle, and former towns and villages were completely depopulated.
		Logistically poor Burmese armies marching to and from Thailand were the scourge to the inhabitants of Lower Burma, sparing neither crops, houses, fruit tress, nor even monastic property.
	www.irrawaddy.org /database/2000/vol8.2/culture.html (891 words)

	Myanmar - Union of Myanmar - Country Profile - Burma - Asia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Myanmar is a country in Southeast Asia, formerly known as Burma.
		Previously an independent kingdom, Burma was annexed by the British Empire to the colony of India in 1886.
		The Burma Project, established by the Open Society Institute in 1994, is dedicated to increasing international awareness of conditions in Burma and to helping the country make the transition from a closed to an open society.
	www.nationsonline.org /oneworld/myanmar.htm (1206 words)

	Democratic Voice of Burma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Jul 05, 2006 (DVB) - Heavy rains in lower Burma’s Pegu and Tennesserim Divisions are causing all kinds of difficulties to local people.
		A local resident from Daik-U Township in Pegu Division told DVB that the floods caused by heavy rains disrupt communication lines and businesses have to be closed down.
		At Tennesserim Division in southern Burma, flash floods destroyed roads and bridges, causing all sorts of difficulties to local people.
	english.dvb.no /news.php?id=7416 (156 words)

	12th Burma Rifles
		Early in 1939, the Governor of Burma approved the formation of this battalion.
		During the night of 17th/18th April ‘Magforce’ formed the rearguard for 1st Burma Division as British forces withdrew.
		The next day the withdrawal continued and the battalion moved by lorry to Mt. Popa and then on to Mandalay which was reached on the 23rd.
	homepages.force9.net /rothwell/burmaweb/12th_burma_rifles.htm (532 words)

	Opium Timeline
		c.3400 B.C. The opium poppy is cultivated in lower Mesopotamia.
		The British arrive in lower Burma, importing large quantities of opium from India and selling it through a government-controlled opium monopoly.
		Burma gains its independence from Britain at the end of World War II.
	opioids.com /timeline (3474 words)

	Amazon.com: Living Silence : Burma under Military Rule (Politics in Contemporary Asia): Books: Christina Fink (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		It is a military dictatorship, not part of the region's still-dynamic economy, and has a troubled relationship with the outside world, including that fact that it is the second largest supplier of heroin.
		This exceptionally readable account of Burma gives a graphic, often moving, and always insightful picture of what life under military rule is like for ordinary Burmese.
		The Karen population was scattered across much of lower Burma, and many Karen leaders were dissatisfied with a proposal that would give them control only over the portion of the eastern hills and no political representation in the Irrawaddy delta area.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/185649926X?v=glance (1194 words)

	This weeks letter home : Médecins Sans Frontières Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		I’m working on a malaria control project in an area called the Mon state, which is mostly inhabited by a minority ethnic group called the Mon, in Lower Burma.
		Lower Burma's high rainfall rate heralds an increase in instances of malaria.
		Lower Burma gets a lot of rain, much more than Middle or Upper Burma.
	www.msf.org.au /stories/tmletter/2003/016twl.shtml (965 words)

	Burmanet » 2006 » March » 22 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		March 21: The military authorities have been imposing tight security measures in Pegu Division, lower central Burma, with the excuse of trying to prevent exiled political groups and armed organisations from carrying out the bombings of public places.
		March 21: Members of the main opposition party, the National League for Democracy at Pegu in lower Burma, have been summoned and intimidated by Special Branch (SB) agents of the police and local township authority members.
		Kuala Lumpur: The Asean Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus (AIPMC) is greatly concerned with reports of the brutal killing of a former political prisoner by Burmese officials in Rangoon, Burma on 17 March 2006.
	www.burmanet.org /news/2006/03/22 (701 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Asia-Pacific \| Country profiles \| Timeline: Burma
		U Nu, foreign minister in Ba Maw's government, which ruled Burma during the Japanese occupation, asked to head the AFPFL and the government.
		NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the daughter of Aung San, is put under house arrest.
		Burma pledges to eliminate drugs trade in the Golden Triangle by 2005.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1300082.stm (1166 words)

	Burma
		However, one thing seems clear: from what evidence has been found so far, it must go all the way back to Europe's Lower Paleolithic, with the Anyathian culture that may have lasted almost 400,000 years, until 25,000 BC circa.
		Little is understood of the period between the end of the paleolithic and the rise of the Pyu civilisation.
		For a very long time, it was believed that the iron age had directly followed the neolithic, but an important quantity of bronze artefacts have been discovered during the last 15 years, which leads the specialists to reconsider the possibility of a distinct bronze age in Burma between the neolithic and the iron age.
	www.ancientworlds.net /aw/Places/Place/325105 (963 words)

	The Martaban trade: an examination of the literature from the seventh century until the eighteenth century.(pottery ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Martaban trade: an examination of the literature from the seventh century until the eighteenth century.(pottery tradition in Lower Burma)
		THE STUDY OF BURMESE POTTERY is an almost virgin field, and the role of Burma in the ancient pottery trade of East and Southeast Asia has hitherto been neglected.
		This paper seeks to examine the importance of the ports of southern Burma, particularly Martaban, to that trade.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_hb4341/is_200103/ai_n15171774 (298 words)

	Discovery Thailand diving liveaboard Similan Islands dive Thailand dive Burma Banks with Phuket live aboard scuba ...
		In 1997 the Mergui Archipelago in the south of Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) was opened up to foreign divers for the first time in over fifty years.
		From the tiniest nudibranch to the horniest cuttlefish, the finest anemone to the largest gorgonian fan, Burma has something for all tastes of diving Thailand and dive Myanmar scuba diving vacations aboard Santana's MV Discovery.
		All Burma diving safari liveaboards are conducted by one of Santana's owners, Horst or Andrea Hinrichs.
	www.santanaphuket.com /liveaboards/liveaboard.htm (1700 words)

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