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This article has been extracted from <br/>

THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908.<br/>

OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.
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''Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value. ''
	
=Tenasserim Village=

==Burmese, Taninthayi==

Head-quarters of the 
township of the same name, in Mergui District, Lower Burma, situated 
in 12° 6' N. and 99° 3' E., at the confluence of the Great and Little 
Tenasserim rivers, 45 miles up-stream from Mergui. The village is on 
low ground, on the site of the ancient city. On a height above it is the 
courthouse, commanding a fine view of both rivers and the forest-clad 
hills around. For several hundred years Tenasserim was the principal 
port of Siam, and the gateway of the most direct route to the Far East, 
commodities being brought to it by sea from India and the Persian 
Gulf to meet those carried overland from Siam and China. The 
elephant mart is still pointed out across the river, and there are 
remains of walls enclosing an area of 4 square miles. In the centre 
of this enclosure stands a granite pillar, which is variously ascribed 
to the Siamese, who are said to have founded the city in 1373, 
and to the Burmese conqueror Alaungpaya, who destroyed it on 
his victorious march through Siam in 1759. It is much visited by 
women, who plaster it with gold-leaf. On the same hill as the 
courthouse are two ancient pagodas, near one of which was recently 
found a stone inscription commemorating the building of the pagoda 
by king Byinnya Ran, who reigned at Pegu from 1491 to 1526. The 
village now contains barely a hundred houses.