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 | By section II of th~ Burma Laws Act 1898, the civil, criminal and revenue administration of each state is vested in the chief, subject to the restriction specified in. |
| It is probable that their first settlement in Burma proper was in the Shweli valley, and that from this centre they radiated at a comparatively recent date N., W. and S.E. through Upper Burma into Assam. |
| Upper Burmah and West Vun-nan (Calcutta, 1876); Cushing, S/ian Dictionary (Introduction); Bock, Temples and Elephants; Sir A. Phayre, History of Burmah; A. Colquhoun, 4cross Chrys (London, 1883), and Amongst the S/ions (1885); Diguet, Etude de la tongue Thai (Paris, 1896). |
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