Essential Reading

Online Reading

1. The Changing Nature of Conflict between Burma and Siam as seen from the growth and development of Burmese state from the 16th to the 19th centuries (Pamaree Surakiat)[pdf] (NEW)


2. Bagshawe's translation of the Burmese Rajadhammasangaha


3. SOAS Bulletin of Burma Research


4. Papers by Burmese historians (University of Washington Archive)


5. Bob Hudson's PhD dissertation on Pagan


6. Southeast Asia in the Ming Shi-lu (Geoff Wade, translator)


7. Wade, Geoff (2004) "Ming China and Southeast Asia in the 15th Century: A Reappraisal"


8. Grabowsky on Lanna's pre-1558 political organization [pdf]


9. Charney's "Mists of Ramanna" Book Review


10. The Portuguese in Coastal Burma (1517-1617)


11. Burma and Yunnan: 1486-1539 I


12. Burma and Yunnan: 1486-1539 II


13. Lan Na in chaos (1590's)


14. Di Cosmo's model of warfare and state formation


15. Biography of the Burmese king Bayinnaung (r. 1551-1581)

Burmese Language Reading

1. Online Burmese parabaik collection (Japan)

Chinese Language Reading

1. Ming Shi [Official Ming Dynasty History] Online in Chinese


2. Classical Chinese Language Forum (chinahistoryforum.com)

Books and manuscripts

1. Lieberman's Strange parallels in world history


2. Burmese historical manuscripts