Abstract

• Mogaung region is rich with natural resources, well fertile soil and suitable climate for agriculture. Therefore, in the old days the people there never worried about food, shelter and clothing. Most of the people were agriculturalist by birth and calling. Their main job was to grow paddy in plain by ways of irrigating the field or wet-land paddy growing system. Jade business appeared in the reign of King Badon. Chinese speculators explored and achieved good fortune from jade business, which flourished in the reign of King Mindon. Another trade was Indian Rubber which was produced by the hill-tribes. Myanmar Kings got a considerable amount of taxes and duties from it were not more than Indian Rubber. There was another buying and selling of general and household article among hill-tribes, Shan, Myanmar and Yunnan Chinese. The medium for the trade transaction was silver or gold, but barter system was used for the trifle business.