U Aung Aung Kyaw, Director of the Department of Archaeology and National Museum, said that research on the Pyu period costumes, the genetics and life-span calculation of the Pyu people will be carried out.
To do such research, the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture has currently established the Pyu generation research supervision team and the Pyu generation field research team.
“Regarding Pyu, our department is verifying literary evidence, field research reports, excavation findings, and stone inscriptions with a team of research officers led by the Deputy Director-General.
And the evidence is being extracted. Later, in addition to the expert staff, the Myanmar Historical Commission is planning to gather Pyu-related experts and hold workshops. We will proceed after coordination and verification,” U Aung Aung Kyaw said.
Throughout the history of Myanmar, the genetics of the Pyu people who have passed through the history from the Stone Age, the Iron Age, and the Bronze Age to the Pyu period will be compared with the genetics of today’s people.
Pyu generation research will also be conducted in the field at Pyu ancient cities and Iron and Bronze Age sites.
As the research work is done at the national level, it will be documented in the whole process. — ASH/KZL
