Pyu cotton silk Buddhist nonviolence

Chinese accounts link Pyu cotton clothing to Buddhist nonviolence

The Pyu people, whose culture dominated Upper Burma from the early centuries CE through the 9th century, were said in Chinese accounts to wear cotton rather than silk. Those accounts linked the choice to Buddhist non-violence, because silk production involved killing silkworms.

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Pyu cotton silk Buddhist nonviolence

Chinese accounts link Pyu cotton clothing to Buddhist nonviolence

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