fabianfred Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 "The Shans are an extremely numerous and widely spread race. To the west they extend into Assam. In fact, in the thirteenth century A.D. they conquered that country, but have to a great extent become merged in the Hindu population, though there are still some communities of them who speak the Shan language. In Kham-ti, at the source of the western branch of the Irrawaddy, is another isolated group of the Shan race, and there are also Shans on the upper course of the Chindwin River. Coming further east, the plains of Burma, north of about lat. 23°, are chiefly inhabited by men of Shan race, who in some districts are taking to talking the Burmese language. Further east still are the Shan States, where the ruling population is Shan, and from here they have spread southwards into Siam, for the Siamese are merely a southern off-shoot of the Shans, and the name Siam is probably a variation of the name given to them by the Burmese and other races." THE SHANS VOLUME I BY W. W. COCHRANE . Burma 1915 pdf files for download.... http://www.archive.org/download/amongstshans00colqrich/amongstshans00colqrich.pdf http://www.archive.org/download/theshans01coch/theshans01coch.pdf http://www.archive.org/download/shanenglishdicti00cushiala/shanenglishdicti00cushiala.pdf http://www.archive.org/download/shansathomewitht00milnrich/shansathomewitht00milnrich.pdf the source web pages.... http://openlibrary.org/works/OL252196W/Shans_at_home http://openlibrary.org/works/OL1059484W/Amongst_the_Shans http://openlibrary.org/works/OL6691471W/The_Shans http://openlibrary.org/works/OL143661W/A_Shan_and_English_dictionary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dutchguest Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Thanks, interesting links. For those interested in anthropology I have a few more links: http://www.peopleand...ish/english.htm http://pratyeka.org/...gotten_kingdom/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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