Forging Buddhist Credentials as a Tool of Legitimacy and Ethnic Identity: A Study of Arakan's Subjection in Nineteenth-Century Burma
Abstract The kingdom of Arakan was conquered by the Burmese in 1785 and annexed by the British after the first Anglo-Burmese War (1824-6). Resistance to the occupation was followed by campaigns of pacification that entailed social disruption. Starting with an analysis of the religious motives for Ki...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2008
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Journal of the economic and social history of the Orient
Year: 2008, Volume: 51, Issue: 3, Pages: 409-459 |
| Further subjects: | B
ARAKAN (BURMA)
B COLONIAL HISTORY B ERAVADA BUDDHISM B Ethnic Identity B SRI LANKA |
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