Shin Arahan
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The Venerable Shin Arahan was Thathanabaing of Burma of the Pagan Kingdom from 1056 to 1115. The monk, a native of Thaton Kingdom, was the religious adviser to four Pagan kings from Anawrahta to Alaun
Statue of Shin Arahan in Ananda Temple
Mon people
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The Mon are an ethnic group who inhabit Lower Myanmar's Mon State, Kayin State, Kayah State, Tanintharyi Region, Bago Region, the Irrawaddy Delta, and several areas in Thailand. The native language is
Shin Arahan
…Kingdom. (His origins are unclear. The Burmese chronicles report that Shin Arahan was born of a Brahmin’s virgin wife. He is generally believed to be of Mon descent though when asked, he did not say that he was Mon; instead he replied that he was of the race of Buddha and that he followed Buddha’s dhamma…
Mon girls wearing traditional dress in Mawlamyine
The Ban Tha Lat Mon inscription, dated 9th century CE, was discovered in 1968 in an area where other archaeological evidence confirmed the presence of the ancient Mon people. It is now located at the Haw Phra Kaew Museum in Vientiane, Laos
Queen regnant Camadevi Monument in Lamphun, Thailand
Myazedi Inscription (AD 1113) in Old Mon language in Bagan. One of the oldest surviving stone inscriptions in Myanmar.