About 1600 years ago Greater India exercised substantial control over the coastal areas East of that part now called Burma. 1600 years ago there was a nation called India 'news to me'
Well, OK, Mahabarat then. Whatever name suits your fancy. The folks in the subcontinent and it's hinterlands have had high kings on and off for many thousands of years.
39 posted on 05/03/2005 5:16:20 AM PDT by muawiyah