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Burma, a traditionally Buddhist country, is not, even by Indian standards, a rich country. True, Burma is rich in natural resources, but as these have remained largely undeveloped since the end of British rule Burma’s reputation among the nations is not one of great commercial or industrial importance. Nor have Burmese Buddhists been notable as entrepreneurs.
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N. R. Chakravarti, The Indian Minority in Burma (1971) p. 89.
See Raymond Owens ‘Mahisya Entrepreneurs in Howrah, West Bengal’ in Bengal: Change and Continuity ed. by R. and M. J Beech (Michigan, 1970).
Seel!. N. C. Stevenson, The Economics of the Central Chin Tribes (1943).
P. Bigandet, The Life or Legend of Gautama, the Buddha of the Burmese,2nd edn. (Rangdon, 1866).
D. Pfanner and J. Ingersoll, ‘Theravada Buddhism and Village Economic Behaviour, ’Journal of Asian Studies, vol XXI, no. 3 (May 1962) p. 342.
Melford Spiro, ‘Buddhism and Economic Action in Burma’, in American Anthropologist, vol. 68, no. 5 (Oct. 1966).
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Ling, T. (1980). Buddhism and wealth. In: Buddhist Revival in India. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-16310-6_7
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