Comments on: Captain Frederick Marryat and the British Museum Buddha

By: Chrestomather

Chrestomather — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 12:38:06 +0000

In reply to Wendy Nordvik-Carr. Amazing! thanks. Amitav

By: Wendy Nordvik-Carr

Wendy Nordvik-Carr — Wed, 02 Apr 2014 02:07:12 +0000

Captain Fredrick Marryat also took a boy the son of the Chief of the Kingdom of Ava (the King of Burma) back to England with him. The boy then lived at Kensington Palace with the Duke of Sussex. His was called Sophar Rangoon.
He was my 2nd great grandfather

By: Sunil Deepak

Sunil Deepak — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 05:47:57 +0000

I remember looking at this statue in British museum.

What do you feel about this idea of stealing and giving back of things? I don’t have clear ideas on this. In a nationalist sense, yes all such things should be given back. However, in the history, victors of wars were expected to loot, kill, take away what they found. That is how all wars were waged. If a part of Burma took things from another part of Burma, would it be expected to give it back or just because it is in the same country, it is legal? Are we not applying our ideas of today on what happened in the past – and so how much in the past we can/should go?