The Golden Mrauk-U: An Ancient Capital of Rakhine

Pp. 200; 250 illustrations (line-drawings, color photographs and black-and-white photographs. Original color pictorial stiff wrappers, sm 4to. Between 1430 and 1785 AD, the fortress city of Mrauk-U in Rakhine State thrived. Situated near the western coast of Burma, Mrauk-U had a 30km long fortification and intricate network of moats and canals in the 16th and 17th centuries. This volume documents the fortifications, monuments and other cultural relics of this ancient city. No ownership marks and no signs of use.