[Footnote 129: For the history and present condition of Buddhism in Burma the following may be consulted besides other works referred to in the course of this chapter. M. Bode, _Edition of the Sâsanavaṃsa_ with valuable dissertations, 1897. This work is a modern Burmese ecclesiastical history written in 1861 by Paññâsâmi. M. Bode, _The Pali Literature of Burma_, 1909. The Gandhavaṃsa: containing accounts of many Pali works written in Burma. Edited by Minayeff in _Jour. Pali Text Soc._ for 1886, pp. 54 ff. and indexed by M. Bode, _ibid._ 1896, 53 ff. Bigandet, _Vie ou Légende de Gautama_, 1878. Yoe, _The Burman, his life and notions_. J.G. Scott, _Burma, a handbook of practical information_, 1906. _Reports of the Superintendent, Archaeological Survey, Burma_, 1916-1920. Various articles (especially by Duroiselle, Taw-Sein-Ko and R.C. Temple) in the _Indian Antiquary_, _Buddhism_, and _Bulletin de l'Ecole Française de l'Extrême Orient._] [Footnote 130: So too Prome is called Śrîkshetra and the name Irrawaddy represents Irâvatî (the modern Ravi). The ancient town of Śrâvastî or Sâvatthi is said to reappear in the three forms Tharawaddy, Tharawaw and Thawutti.] [Footnote 131: See _Indian Antiquary_, 1893, p. 6, and Forchhammer on the Mahamuni Pagoda in _Burmese Archaeological Report_ (? 1890).] [Footnote 132: Dîpav. VIII. 12, and in a more embellished form in Mahâvaṃsa XII. 44-54. See also the Kalyani Inscriptions in _Indian Ant._ 1893, p. 16.] [Footnote 133: Through the form Saton representing Saddhan. Early European travellers called it Satan or Xatan.] [Footnote 134: The Burmese identify Aparantaka and Yona to which Asoka also sent missionaries with Upper Burma and the Shan country. But this seems to be merely a misapplication of Indian names.] [Footnote 135: See Forchhammer, _Jardine Prize Essay_, 1885, pp. 23-27. He also says that the earliest Talaing alphabet is identical with the Vengi alphabet of the fourth century A.D. _Burma Archaeol. Report_, 1917, p. 29.] [Footnote 136: See R.C. Temple, "Notes on Antiquities of Râmaññadesa," _Ind. Antiq._ 1893, pp. 327 ff. Though I admit the possibility that Mahâyânism and Tantrism may have flourished in lower Burma, it does not seem to me that the few Hindu figures reproduced in this article prove very much.] [Footnote 137: _J.A._ 1912, II. pp. 121-136.] [Footnote 138: It is remarkable that Buddhaghosa commenting on Ang. Nik. 1. 14. 6 (quoted by Forchhammer) describes the merchants of Ukkala as inhabiting Asitañjana in the region of Haṃsavatî or Pegu. This identification of Ukkala with Burmese territory is a mistake but accepted in Burma and it is more likely that a Burmese would have made it than a Hindu.] [Footnote 139: Chap. XXXIX.] [Footnote 140: See however _Epig. Indica_, vol. V. part iv. Oct. 1898, pp. 101-102. For the prevalence of forms which must be derived from Sanskrit not Pali see _Burma Arch. Rep._ 1916, p. 14, and 1917, p. 39.]