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~Alaung_Hpaya~ · 5th June 2007, 04:32 PM

Hi Mark ,

Are the pictures from Bob Hudson of the handles from Pyu sites predating Bagan or from his Bagan excavations ? I did have some .pdf files of his work but currently can't find them .

I think the whole pre Anawrahta history of Burma is in somewhat under review at the moment with controversy regarding the Mon paradigm and focus on whether too much is attributed to waves of immigration rather than on indigenous development by existing populations .

Certainly it would be interesting if the handles predate the 6th century Gupta Shiva . ( this by no means implies that the influence went the other way as it can be taken as fact that the Pyu were heavily Indianised ) .

5th June 2007, 04:32 PM	#2
~Alaung_Hpaya~ Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 65	Hi Mark , Are the pictures from Bob Hudson of the handles from Pyu sites predating Bagan or from his Bagan excavations ? I did have some .pdf files of his work but currently can't find them . I think the whole pre Anawrahta history of Burma is in somewhat under review at the moment with controversy regarding the Mon paradigm and focus on whether too much is attributed to waves of immigration rather than on indigenous development by existing populations . Certainly it would be interesting if the handles predate the 6th century Gupta Shiva . ( this by no means implies that the influence went the other way as it can be taken as fact that the Pyu were heavily Indianised ) .