Pyu and Buddhism! Im not a historian and an archaeologist, but I venture into those fields since young as I was interested in our Burmese history and artifacts. The Pyu interest me since I was young a smy grandmother used to say about it. She said we Burmans are descended from the Pyu and we are Pyu in the modern sense. The noted historian Dr Than Tun said that he was a Pyu too! Pyu have been Buddhists as most Burmse are! Now here is a description of Pyu by an authority: Creation of enduring patterns in the Pyu period Pyu civilization flourished during most of the first millennium AD at an urban and complex level, and three patterns established by the Pyu were to leave major imprints on the historical geography of Burma that endured until the late nineteenth century, when the colonial conquest transformed the country demographically and economically. Firstly, the Pyu preferred settlement in the Dry Zone, particularly in the valleys of the tributaries of Burmas greatest rivers; secondly, there was development of a repertoire of Pyu irrigation works operating on a variety of scales and firmly imbedded in social structures as well as in these particular environments and economies; and thirdly, at a time of dominance of Mahayana sects in Indian Buddhism, the Pyus adopted Theravada Buddhism, thereby striking a note that has reverberated in Burma ever since. * By JANICE STARGARDT
Posted on: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 00:57:27 +0000
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