The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c23.s3.87
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. IV: The Mughul Period v4.c23.s3.87
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Thalun’s minister Kaingsa Manu compiled the Manusarashwemin or Mahārājā *dhammathat*, the first law book written in Burmese instead of Pali. It is based on Bayinnaung’s compilations (p. 490) and on the still earlier Talaing *dhammathats*, but it substitutes Burmese ideas on, for instance, inheritance, for theirs, which are largely Hindu.