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The Second Burmese War by William Ferguson Beatson Laurie
 The Second Burmese War. An account of the Second Anglo-Burmese War, undertaken to promote the activities of British colonial merchants in the region, and to avenge perceived "insults . . injustice and oppression" of British representatives by the Burmese court. A detailed account of the campaign, first published in 1853, as seen through the eyes of an English officer, with sketch maps of the defenses of Rangoon and Bassein. |
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Our Trip to Burmah by Charles Alexander Gordon
Our Trip to Burmah with Notes on that Country. The diary of the Surgeon-General of the British Forces in Madras who spent three weeks in Burma in 1874-75. He records observations of Burmese life and customs, and over one-third of the book is devoted to notes gathered from other sources on the history, peoples, government, religion, festivals, flora, fauna, geology and climate of the country. Includes over 30 photographs, chromo-lithographs, pen-and-ink sketches and woodcuts. First published in 1875. |
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Theravada Buddhism in Burma by Niharranjan Ray
Theravada Buddhism in Burma. A pioneering study, and still the most comprehensive to date, of the history of Theravada Buddhism in Burma, based on epigraphic, archaeological and literary sources, in particular through examination of Pali and Sanskrit inscriptions. This and the two preceding titles are republished on the one hundredth anniversary of this great Indian scholar's birth. |
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Sanskrit Buddhism in Burma by Niharranjan Ray
Sanskrit Buddhism in Burma. A monograph on the influence of Mahayana, Tantric and other northern Buddhist schools on early Burmese Buddhist traditions. In completing this important study, the distinguished Indian scholar draws not only on Sanskrit literary sources but also on a wide range of archaeological evidence, epigraphical remains, sculptures and paintings. |
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Brahmanical Gods in Burma by Niharranjan Ray
Brahmanical Gods in Burma. A study of the Hindu elements in ancient Burmese religion, and their implications regarding early Indo-Burmese relations, based on the analysis of extant religious sculpture and images on cast coinage. An important work originally published in 1932, long out of print and until now unavailable. |
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Songs of a Desert Optimist by J.M. Symns
Songs of a Desert Optimist: Poems of Burma. thirty-nine poems published originally in Punch and the Rangoon Gazette, including groups of poems on Burma, Simla and 'Songs of the Services'. Out of the gloom of grit and grey Out of the fog and the cold Ye shall pass to a land where the peacocks play In a garden of green and gold; Where big blue butterflies haunt the glades And the snow-white egret dreams, And rubies are found by nut-brown maids Wading in orange streams...... |
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Twenty-one Days in India by George Abereigh-Mackay
The Colonial Library of Dignified Irreverence is devoted to the lighter sides of past, and occasionally current, life East of Suez. The series is of questionable literary merit. Various sizes. These travelling companions are well dressed, bound as they are in imperial khaki, solid enough to withstand the roughest Himalayan trek or most strenuous journey on a cruise liner in the Pacific. Hardcover (HC) with gold stamped cover, gilt edges, bookmark and shiraza. Bound to amuse. Limited editions. Twenty-One Days in India. A tongue-in-cheek series of sketches of nineteenth-century colonial life in India, originally published in Vanity Fair, and so popular that it ran to six editions. Delightfully irreverent'. |
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Sketches in Indian Ink by John Smith Jr.
Sketches in Indian Ink. Satirical sketches of Anglo-Indian society, and some of its foibles. In the words of the author, 'These pictures are intended ... for people in England who may wish to know how Indian exile acts upon English men and women'. |
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Horace in Burma by J.M. Symns
The Colonial Library of Dignified Irreverence is devoted to the lighter sides of past, and occasionally current, life East of Suez. The series is of questionable literary merit. Various sizes. These travelling companions are well dressed, bound as they are in imperial khaki, solid enough to withstand the roughest Himalayan trek or most strenuous journey on a cruise liner in the Pacific. Hardcover (HC) with gold stamped cover, gilt edges, bookmark and shiraza. Bound to amuse. Limited editions. Horace in Burma. A collection of 31 short poems originally published in the Rangoon Gazette for an Anglo-Burmese/Anglo-Indian readership. Described by the author as a 'literary sampan'. Many evoke an Englishman's nostalgia for his home country. |
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Curry and Rice by George Franklin Atkinson
Curry and Rice on Forty Plates. A light-hearted account of life in India, with 40 delightful vignettes, including 'Our Colonel', 'Our Padre', 'Our Magistrate's Wife', 'Our Racecourse', 'Our Bazaar', 'Our Agriculturists' and 'Our Nuwab'. Each is accompanied by a watercolour illustration. |
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