Sunday, January 24, 2010

Burmese votive tablets of 10th century -

http://antique-burma.blogspot.com/2010/01/king-anawrathas-wife-oueen-chipe-votive.html

"oueen chipe" must be a typo for Queen Saw.

Col. Ba Shin a well known historian wrote that there were 3 queens named Pwa Saw in the Bagan (formerly spelled Pagan) period, other than the famous Queen Saw of Maurice Collis's She was a Queen.

http://www.burmalibrary.org/show.php?cat=1273

Burmese riddle verses from The Atlantic 1958

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1958/02/some-burmese-riddle-verses/640460/