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=Inthas=
A tribe scattered over the western and south-western
portions of the Southern Shan States, Burma, and found in greatest
number near Fort Stedman in the State of ^'awnghwe. In dress and
appearance the Inthas closely resemble the Shans among whom they
live, and to whom they are known as Anghsa. They are mainly dis
tinguishable from their neighl)ours by their dialect, which is not Shan,
but appears to be an archaic form of Burmese, closely resembling
Arakanese or Tavoyan. This resemblance has given rise to the theory
that the Inthas originally came from Arakan. It seems, however, more
probable that they are the descendants of one of the branches which
broke off from the main Burmese stock about the same time that the
Arakanese migrated to the western coast from the Irrawaddy.

The
early chronicles of the Tagaung kings refer to the separation of the
Arakanese from the parent stem, and allude to the migration somewhat
later of other parties, one of which went east and settled in what are
now the Shan States. If the progeny of this party still exist, it is among
the Inthas and Taungyos of the Shan States that they will probably
be found. The Inthas are Buddhists. In 1901 they numbered 50,478
in the regularly enumerated areas, and it was calculated that there were
about 700 in the 'estimated' areas of Karenni. At P'ort Stedman they
have a custom of building their houses over the water of the adjoining
lake, sometimes at a very considerable distance from the shore. This
practice has given them their name of Intha ('lake-dweller'). Their
habit of rowing standing up and using the crook of their knees as
a rowlock is peculiar.

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Pdewan at 05:06, 9 January 2015

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OXFORD, AT..."