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ISBN | 9789391928193 |
Format | HardBound |
Language | English |
Year of Publication | 2022 |
Bib. Info | 262p.;illus(colour), 29cm. Includes Index |
Product Weight | 1300 gms. |
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This Book Describes the famous animal-shaped weights of Burma, sometimes misnamed opium weights. Described are previously unknown weights that first appeared in eleventh century Bagan (Burma), the totmic weights of the Ava kings, and subsequent weights in the form of the duck fabled hintha, and the leonine chinthe and toe.