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Shans
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he name of a people, descendants of aborigines of China, forming several large tribes scattered round the frontiers of Burma, Siam, and South China, whose territory, roughly speaking, extends N. as far as the Yunnan Plateau of South China; some are independent, but the bulk of the tribes are subject to Siam, China, and the British in Burma; practise slavery, are Buddhists, somewhat superstitious, indolent, pleasure-loving, and for the most part peaceable and content; chased gold and silver work, rice, cotton, tobacco, &c., are their chief exports.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Shans'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/s/shans.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Shans'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/s/shans.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
