administrative divisions of burma alaungpaya anglo-burmese people arab ava ayeyarwady division bagan bamar banana bodawpaya british empire buddhism burma burmese chinese burmese indians burmese language ceramic chin chin state christianity cotton geographic coordinate system groundnut hinduism islam kachin state karen people kayah state kayin state kyaik pun paya lingua franca mlc transcription system magway division maize mandalay division mon state mon people mongols monosodium glutamate pa-o paper petroleum plywood pyay rakhine state ramanadesa rice sagaing division salt second anglo-burmese war sesamum shan shan state sugar sugarcane sunflower tapioca taungoo teak thaton tobacco yangon yangon division