Nai Pan Hla ( my, နိုင်ပန်းလှ, mnw, နာဲပါန်လှ; 1923 – 18 June 2010) was a
Burmese historian and cultural anthropologist of
Mon descent. Throughout his career, he published many works on Mon
ethnography, including the best-seller ''The Struggle of
Rajadhiraj''.
Early life and education
Pan Hla was born in March 1923 in
Kawkareik Township
Kawkareik Township ( Phlone ; my, ကော့ကရိတ်မြို့နယ်, ; ksw, ကီၢ်ကရံၣ်ကီၢ်ဆၣ်) is a township of Kawkareik District in the Karen State of Myanmar
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British Burma to Nai Jawt and Mi Cho.
He earned bachelors, law, and doctorate degrees from
Pacific Western University
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in Los Angeles.
Career
In 1953, he joined the
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*Ministry of Culture (Argentina)
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's archaeological department, serving as an official of Mon literature and culture.
He published the best-seller ''Struggle of Rajadhiraj'', about
Razadarit, in 1977.''
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In 1992, he published ''Eleven Mon Dhammasattha Texts''.
In 1994, he became a professor at
Meio University
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History
The university established the Liberal Arts Center in 20 ...
in Okinawa, Japan, where he taught Southeast Asian literature and history, and returned to Myanmar in 1998.
He published ''A Short Mon History'' in 2013.
Death
He died on 18 June 2010 in Yangon after suffering a paralytic stroke.
Publications
* ''A Short Mon History'' (2013)
* ''Struggle of Rajadhiraj'' (1977)
References
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Burmese writers
20th-century Burmese historians
21st-century Burmese historians
People from Kayin State
1923 births
2010 deaths
Historians of Southeast Asia
Burmese studies scholars
Burmese Mon people
Burmese academics
Burmese civil servants