Talk:Early history of Burma

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[edit] Verification issues/ neutral point of view issues

I am aware that this article seems to be pasted from the History of Myanmar and appears not to be originally written by the sole contributor here .

I have slight concerns about this specific article and have detagged it from the History of Myanmar for the time being. It appears to be unnecessarily Tai and Mon-centric and not wholly appropriate as a summary of the early history of Burma which presumably is that prior to the establishment of the First Burmese Empire by Anawratha.

I feel it needs peer review and appraisal and would be helped by supporting links / sources . It would be enhanced by any supporting evidence that there was any wholesale Tai immigration into Northern present day Burma or establishment of kingdoms before the fall of Bagan or the fall of Dali to the Mongols in the 13th century. This would help legitimise the inclusion of the Tai as an important factor in Burma's pre Bagan history . The inclusion of the names of various Tai polities outside the borders of present day Burma with whom Tai polities were affiliated either briefly or otherwise is irrelevant to this article and should be deleted.

• The theory that Nan Zhao / Dali was Tai ruled is now largely discredited and therefore its inclusion is not appropriate.
• An assumption is made that Thaton and Suvarnabhumbi are the same without source.
• The article applies Tai-centricity to the early history of Northern/Upper Burma and Mon-centricity to the early history of Southern/Lower Burma.
• There are no references to the Pyu in this section which is bias by exclusion .

Regards Bayinnaung 12:31, 9 May 2007 (UTC)