Dear Jon,
Thanks for all those references. It's a good starting point. However I
still haven't been able to find simple biographical elements on that
scholar, but I haven't given up yet!
Kind regards,
Florent

--- In Pali@yahoogroups.com, "Jon Fernquest" <bayinnaung@...> wrote:
>
> Dear Florent;
>
> Florent wrote: "I can't say I have been very successful at finding a
lot of
> information on him."
>
> Here is some information:
>
> Two of Charles Duroiselle books can be found online for free here:
> http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=duroiselle
>
> Including one volume on ancient geography and his famous Burmese
> inscription list which is still used today.
>
> Duroiselle published frequently in the Journal of the Burma Research
> Society (JBRS).
>
> Duroiselle published a long paper on Mon-Pali Nissaya in the JBRS that
> started a long scholarly exchange
> on the subject in that journal.
>
> Duroiselle was Superintendent of the Archaeological Survey in Burma
> (exact title?), so a lot of his publications consists of these reports.
> One in particular, cited frequently in the Jataka concordance published
> by PTS is known for photos of art depicting Jataka at Pagan.
>
> Several of his papers in the French journal BEFEO here:
> http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/search/?
> p_p_action=1&
>
> (Including Upagutta and Mara paper based on the Pali Lokapa~n~nati
> cosmological text)
>
> Watch for an updated bibliography that lists many works by him here:
> http://web.soas.ac.uk/burma/index.html
>
> You might ask about him on the SOAS Burmaresearch mailing list:
> burmaresearch@...
>
> Some people in the past have done this.
> So do a search there.
>
> With metta,
> Jon Fernquest
>