Earth to Heaven: The Royal Animal-Shaped Weights of the Burmese Empires

Comprised mainly of new and original information, this volume will be of value as a resource for both the specialist and non-specialist — those who appreciate the region, its peoples, and their history; the artistic beauty and symbolism of its ancient weights; and the metrology and relations of the weights to the various kinds of currency formerly in use. In particular, the book will appeal to the historical metrologist, the oriental numismatist, the art historian, the symbolist, the ethnol...