Another weapon in art from the AMNH

~Alaung_Hpaya~ · 12th June 2007, 03:40 PM

Halin or Halingyi was a 7th - 9th century Pyu site which was thought to be that sacked by Nan Zhao in the 9th century . Speculation is that it may have been the same or related to Tagaung from whence the Pagan kings claim their lineage .

The Mon at the time were thought to be based much further south at Pegu and Thaton although archaelogical evidence does not support this . ( current evidence only supports Mon sites from 11th century supporting the theory that the Mon shifted their polities from the Chao Phraya basin west to present day Lower Burma and Tenasserim only after the fall of Dvaravati to the Khmer in the 11th century .

This is completely out of step with the Mon and Bama received and accepted thinking ( based on chronicles written much later ) that the Mon brought "civilisation" to Bagan after the sacking of Thaton in 1057 and that Thaton and Pegu were already established in the 6th - 7th centuries : hence the much controversial Mon paradigm .

So the handles shown are contemporary to the Gupta and Kashir ones shown showing much Indic influence . ( the assumption is that only in the classical periods of Bagan and Angkor did SE Asians move away and develop indigenous variations on Indic culture whereas prior to this the cultural influence was more pronounced )

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12th June 2007, 03:40 PM	#5
~Alaung_Hpaya~ Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 65	Halin or Halingyi was a 7th - 9th century Pyu site which was thought to be that sacked by Nan Zhao in the 9th century . Speculation is that it may have been the same or related to Tagaung from whence the Pagan kings claim their lineage . The Mon at the time were thought to be based much further south at Pegu and Thaton although archaelogical evidence does not support this . ( current evidence only supports Mon sites from 11th century supporting the theory that the Mon shifted their polities from the Chao Phraya basin west to present day Lower Burma and Tenasserim only after the fall of Dvaravati to the Khmer in the 11th century . This is completely out of step with the Mon and Bama received and accepted thinking ( based on chronicles written much later ) that the Mon brought "civilisation" to Bagan after the sacking of Thaton in 1057 and that Thaton and Pegu were already established in the 6th - 7th centuries : hence the much controversial Mon paradigm . So the handles shown are contemporary to the Gupta and Kashir ones shown showing much Indic influence . ( the assumption is that only in the classical periods of Bagan and Angkor did SE Asians move away and develop indigenous variations on Indic culture whereas prior to this the cultural influence was more pronounced )