Prof. G.H. Luce, Phases of Pre-Pagan Burma

Fan Ch’o continues:
They (Chin) call their princes and chiefs shou. [Is this the Chin word for themselves?] The Mi-no have long white faces, the Mi-ch’en short black ones. They are by nature polite and respectful. Whenever they address anyone, they come forward making a bow at each step. The kingdoms have no cities with inner or outer walls. In the middle of the hall of the Mi-no king’s palace, there are great pillars cut and curved in patterns, and adorned with gold and silver….. They are 60 day-stages south-west of Yung-ch’ang city of the Man. In the 9th year of ta-ho [AD 135] (the Man) destroyed their kingdoms and looted their gold and silver. They captured two or three thousand of their clansmen, and banished them to wash the gold of the Li Shui’ [Irrawaddy]

NOTES
‘Chins’ : Xonsai [zeu], Tiddim [zeu], Lushai [zo,zou],Hwalno [zau], K’ualsi:m [zeu], Haka [zeu], Asho [aseu],Wemetu [chou]

Prof. G.H. Luce, Phases of Pre-Pagan Burma,1985,London,pp 78 & 86