Half-Yearly Publication Contents Cultural Activities in Konbaung Period / U Pe Maung Tin The Shan in Myanmar / Sai Aung Tun The Kyazwa Edict Inscription / Tun Aung Chain Literary Criticism, Critics and Censorship in Myanmar / Dr. Thaw Kaung A Buddhist Economist / U Then Tun The Earliest Dated Burmese Poem / G.H. Luce & U Wun (Minthuwun) What’s in Burmese Poetry / Dr. Hla Pe Cases of Headmanship of Salin Myo in Myanmar During 19th Century / Htun Yee A Defense of Burmese Literature / U Thein Han (Zawgyi) Origin of Buddhism in Burma According to Chinese Sources / G.H. Luce Vessantara Jataka : A Cultural Heritage of Myanmar / Dr. Khin Aye Establishing Identity : The Bodhisattva in the Hpetleik Jataka Plaques / Tun Aung Chain The Age of The Shway Dagon Pagoda / Tin Hla Thaw The Testimony of an Inhabitant of the City of Ava