By Maha Bandula a pseudonym of Dr Ko Ko Gyi in Burma Digest | Adapted and Edited for MMNN Once…
Category: History
Metamorphosis of Saviors into Monsters: A Myanmar Folk Tale with a Modern Reflection
By SHWE BA (Dr Ko Ko Gyi’s Pseudonym) Once upon a time in a remote corner of Burma, there was…
Highways and Rat Lanes: Migration Routes Through Burma
“Where there’s a will, there’s a way.” The movement of people across frontiers is as old as humanity itself. Before…
The Origins of the Peoples of Myanmar: A Tapestry Woven from Four Great Currents
Credit NASA Landsat image – https://eoimages.gsfc.nasa.gov/images/imagerecords/82000/82581/himalaya_map_color_lrg.jpg Burma: The Living Corridor Between Giants Nestled between two of the world’s oldest and most populous…
The Forgotten Lineage of the Talines — From Seafarers to Founders of Melaka
By Dr. Ko Ko Gyi Abdul Rahman Zafrudin with the MMNN Editorial team History, as we know, is often written…
The Pyu City-States: Myanmar’s First Millennium Civilization
The Pyu city-states were among the earliest known urban cultures in Southeast Asia, flourishing in present-day Upper Myanmar from around…
Mon Civilizations, Indianized Exchange, and the Early Buddhist Foundations of Myanmar
Before the rise of Bagan or the unification of Burma under the Konbaung dynasty, Lower Myanmar was already home to…
Indian Influence on Ancient Myanmar: Pyu, Rakhine, and Mon Civilizations
By MMNN Editorial Team Long before modern national borders existed, the lands we now call Myanmar were closely linked with…
The Ancient Roots of Myanmar Law: Dhammathat and the Indian-Buddhist Legacy
By MMNN Editorial Team 2500 years ago, during Buddha’s time, Lower Burma and Rakhine were under India. And for about…
“Who Is the Guest and Who Is the Host?”: A Historical Rebuttal to a Harmful Narrative
“History Has No Hosts or Guests: Just People” “Who Are the Real Natives? A Rebuttal to Historical Amnesia” “Myanmar: A…