Nai Pan Hla

In this Burmese name, Nai is an honorific, not a given name.
Nai Pan Hla
နိုင်ပန်းလှ
Born1923 (1923)
Kawkareik Township, British Burma
Died18 June 2010 (2010-06-19) (aged 86)
Yangon, Myanmar
Occupations
  • Anthropologist
  • historian
  • researcher
Academic background
Alma materPacific Western University
Academic work
DisciplineSoutheast Asian history
InstitutionsMeio University

Nai Pan Hla (Burmese: နိုင်ပန်းလှ, Mon: 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.[1][2]

Early life and education

Pan Hla was born in March 1923 in Kawkareik Township, British Burma to Nai Jawt and Mi Cho.[1][2] He earned bachelors, law, and doctorate degrees from Pacific Western University in Los Angeles.[2][1]

Career

In 1953, he joined the Ministry of Culture's archaeological department, serving as an official of Mon literature and culture.[2] He published the best-seller Struggle of Rajadhiraj, about Razadarit, in 1977.[2]

In 1992, he published Eleven Mon Dhammasattha Texts.[3] In 1994, he became a professor at Meio University in Okinawa, Japan, where he taught Southeast Asian literature and history, and returned to Myanmar in 1998.[2][1] He published A Short Mon History in 2013.[3]

Death

He died on 18 June 2010 in Yangon after suffering a paralytic stroke.[1]

Publications

  • A Short Mon History (2013)
  • Struggle of Rajadhiraj (1977)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Historically significant author and Mon scholar Dr. Nai Pan Hla passes away". IMNA. June 21, 2010. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Lawi Weng (June 21, 2010). "Mon Cultural Anthropologist Passes Away". The Irrawaddy. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Nai Pan Hla". Angkor Database. Retrieved April 10, 2023.