To my father’s memory
pp. 16–17: adapted from W.S. Desai, Deposed King Thebaw of Burma in India, 1885–1916, Bharatiya Vidya Series, Vol. 25, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Bombay, 1967 (appendix VII, p. 119)
p. 95: adapted from Patricia Herbert, The Hsaya San Rebellion (1930–1932) Reappraised, Monash Univ., Melbourne, 1982 (p. 5)
p. 372: from Majjhima Nikaya [adapted from The Buddhist Tradition in India, China and Japan, ed. W.T. de Bary, Vintage, New York, 1972; p. 27]
p. 373: from Samyutta Nikaya [adapted from The Buddhist Tradition in India, China and Japan, ed. W.T. de Bary, Vintage, New York, 1972; p. 16]