Ancient Indian Colonization in South-East Asia c8.53

c8.53

These traditional accounts cannot, of course, be regarded as historical. But they contain a nucleus of historical facts such as the settlement of Indian colonists among the Pyus, Mrammas and Karens, who belonged to the same race, and the Mons belonging to a different race; the foundation of the Hindu kingdoms of Tagaung, Arakan, Śrīkṣetra, Thaton and Pegu; and finally, the destruction of the Hinduized Pyu kingdom of Śrīkṣetra by the Mons of Pegu leading to the foundation of Pagan where the Hinduized Mrammas or Burmas came to occupy the supreme place.