Re: is rett_thiele signed up?

--- In palistudy@yahoogroups.com, crecelius@... wrote:
> In a message dated 1/17/2004 8:06:59 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> joychay@... writes:
>
> > Suvannabhumi
>
> Suvannabhumi was actually Burma not Thailand the way I understand
it. Bill
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]


Thank you, Bill,

I think that in the old days the borders might not be exactly what it
is now, unlike for Sri Lanka, and even then there were times when the
Sri Lankan Kings conquered some parts of Southern India. 

In any case the Thai and Burmese have captured each other's cities
according to the current king's military strengths and weaknesses much
like all other feudal systems all over the world.  But the local
customs in Thailand, and I think in Burma as well, seem to think that
the merchants that received the two hairs from the Buddha in the
Mahaparinibbana Sutta were from Suvannabhuma that is modern day Burma,
you will not find anyone disputing that fact in Thailand, strangely
enough.  But the two arahants Sona and Uttara are as firmly asserted
to have come to Thailand, also situated in the Suvannabhumi peninsula,
and landed at Nakorn Pathom, where the artifacts whose picture I
posted were found.  [At the time Bangkok was not even built, nor the
other two preceding great Thai capitals.] There are evidences [mostly
local legends, though, no artifacts and such like at Nakorn Pathom]
that they traveled widely through what is now modern Thailand, I don't
know about Burma and the rest of the cities along the communication
routes, which would be mainly the waterways. 

The Suvannabhumi issue was discussed earlier on this list, also, at

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/palistudy/message/314

in the archives here. 

In case you are interested,

Amara