The question of ‘China’ in Burmese chronicles

Historical studies of Burma–China relations have emphasised warfare, seen from the perspective of Chinese sources. One commonly studied event is the thirteenth-century Mongol invasion of Bagan. Burmese sources describe the flight of King Narathihapate (1257–87) from the Mongols, thus earning the Bur...

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Main Author: Goh, Geok Yian
Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2015
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/107179
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/25507
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0022463409990282
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English
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Summary:Historical studies of Burma–China relations have emphasised warfare, seen from the perspective of Chinese sources. One commonly studied event is the thirteenth-century Mongol invasion of Bagan. Burmese sources describe the flight of King Narathihapate (1257–87) from the Mongols, thus earning the Burmese epithet ‘Taruppye’. ‘Tarup’ now refers to the Chinese, but the identities of the people and region to which the term applies have not been constant. This paper discusses the question of the identity of ‘Tarup’ in the Burmese chronicles.