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Kunming was also the Chinese terminus for supplies traveling down the tortuous Burma Road; milestone “0” — otherwise unmarked — can be seen on the right side of the road 21 km (13 miles) from the center of Kunming, on the edge of the Western Hills.
Finally, the last of the proud Mughals, the Emperor Bahadur Shah, was condemned to exile in Burma.
Likewise with Myanmar, the name now used-- at least in the non-U.S.-English-speaking world--for what used to be called Burma . The official name of the country in Burmese has, since independence from Britain, been Pyidaungsu Socialist Thammada Myanma Naingngandaw , so Myanmar, it seems, is simply Burmese for Burma . This is the same phenomenon as Côte d'Ivoire . But the current Myanmarese (do I venture where angels fear to tread by coining the adjective?)
In Yunnan Province, about 250 km (155 miles) northwest of its capital Kunming along the historic Burma Road route, is the scenic village of Dali, a favorite of independent backpackers.
This original doctrine, without any sense of Buddha’s divinity, was embraced by the Hinayana (Lesser Vehicle) school which spread to Sri Lanka, Burma, and Thailand, as well as Cambodia and Laos.