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File:IHDC-1894-Maung-Gyi-Karens-ganja-elephants.jpg

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Summary

The statement of Maung Gyi, Myook of Lew (Yamethin district), recorded by J. E. Bridges in the Report of the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission, 1893-94, vol. VII, printed page 378: Karens grew ganja for timber traders as medicine for elephants.

Source

  • Original: Report of the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission, 1893-94, vol. VII: Evidence of Witnesses from Bombay, Sind, Berar, Ajmere, Coorg, Baluchistan, and Burma (Calcutta, 1894), printed page 378 (page 398 of the PDF scan), https://archive.org/details/b32222920_0007.
  • Changes: cropped to the statement of Maung Gyi, Myook of Lew (Yamethin district), in J. E. Bridges's evidence: Karens grew ganja for timber traders as elephant medicine; tones not adjusted.


Block of large printed text on grey paper, a short statement under a name heading. The statement of Maung Gyi, Myook of Lew (Yamethin district), recorded by J.





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current04:05, 31 October 2026Thumbnail for version as of 04:05, 31 October 2026856 × 458 (104 KB)Eloise Zomia (talk | contribs)Image for Karen people: crop of IHDC-1894-Maung-Gyi-Karens-ganja-elephants, p. 378 (public domain)