Download or read book Ancient Proverbs and Maxims from Burmese Sources written by James Gray and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-07-04 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2000. This is Volume II of seven of a series on Southeast Asia. Written in 1886, this is a collection of ancient proverbs and maxims from Burmese sources or the Niti literature of Burma. The Sanskrit-Pali word Niti is equivalent to conduct in its abstract, and guide in its concrete signification.