A History of Myanmar Since Ancient Times: Traditions and Transformations

This new history of what is today the second-largest country in Southeast Asia, and home to almost 60 million people, is the most comprehensive history of Myanmar ever published in English. It traces the Burmese peoples, and their various political, religious and social groupings for over two millennia, from the early Mon and Pyu peoples of the Irrawaddy valley right up to the restless citizens of the present day struggling with enormous political and developmental challenges.