The Burmans refer to the Mon as Talaing, a term attributed with various meanings and origins, but the general consensus is that it has acquired, if it did not originally have, pejorative overtones.
The term Talaing only had currency in Burma; among the Siamese and others, Western linguists included, the word Mon is generally used.
His advisors duly selected a Talaing princeling who was afforded regal pomp and respect before he was ceremoniously sacrificed by being buried alive at the site where Sule Paya was to be constructed.
Pegu itself is said to have been founded by two Mon princes in 573, as the first capital of Talaings.
Today, most of the Talaing are the descendants of the fugitives who fled from the Burmese.
The Talaings were regarded as superior boatmen, but not seamen, and made extensive use of war canoes.
Perhaps founded in 573 by the Mon people, the community became the capital of the powerful Talaing Kingdom in the 14th century.
He was ruler of Suvannabhumi and ruled over the Talaings.
Myanmar's early history is mainly the story of the struggle of the Burmans against the Mons, or Talaings (of Mon-Khmer origin, now assimilated).
It was the city of Talaing people who had ventured down the Thanlwin River and settled at this place.