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110 A BURMESE WONDERLAND. the Manuha and Nan Paya. Both are well preserved, and the former is remarkable for the jugglery whereby no less than four stupendous images (one is 100 feet long) have been fitted into quite a small building. We witness in poor Manuha a spirit of dignity and fortitude. Dragged from his throne at the head of the highest civiUzation then known to Burma, he patiently devoted his hopeless captivity to works of art which, by reason of their Indian style, were destined profoundly to influence the architecture of the country. Before leaving Anawratta, we must notice another remarkable personality of his entourage—Shin Arahan, the patron of religion, the apostle of Southern Buddhism to Upper Burma, He was a Taking, and appears as a young man of about 18, at Pagan shortly before the invasion of Thaton. Indeed, his presence may well have roused the seed of cupidity in the mind of Anawratta. At any rate Shin Arahan was pure in heart. He taught a new and beautiful law. He strenuously exposed the vicious Ari priests, the scandal of whose lives is remembered still. His expression was sweet and calm. We can see him kneeling still in the Ananda Pagoda, with folded hands. His statue, by a contemporary artist, is one of the only two of its kind in Pagan, and is no doubt a good likeness. The later acts of his life are officially recorded in several inscriptions on stone. In 1086 A.D., he assisted at the coronation of Kyanzittha. In 1090 he attended the dedication of the Ananda. He lived on into four reigns, and died
A BURMESE "WONDERLAND. Ill full of years and honour in the days of Alaung-Sithu in about 1118 A.D., aged 81. Some mystery attaches to Anawratta's death. He was killed out hunting by a Nat in the form of a White Buffalo. Modern pictures show him on his elephant fighting for his life. They say his body was never recovered. Very likely the secret cause of Anawratta's hunting accident is the same as that which brought about the death of William Rufus ten years later. He was succeeded by his eldest son Sawlu (1077- 1084), an unworthy heir, whose foolishness soon brought him to grief, and cleared the way for the great Kyanzittha. Kyanzittha is one of the most attractive figures in Burmese history, and deserves a short chapter to himself.
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PREFACE. Yesterday, while I was pla
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. . . ILLUSTRATIONS. Frontispiece.
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I BOOK ONE :- LOWER BURMA. CHAPTER
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A BURMESE WONDERLAND. 3 and follow
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CHAPTER V. The Karens. (See Map Squ
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CHAPTER VI. Salween River. {Map Squ
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CHAPTER VIII. Abakan, {31ap Square
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