Abstract

• Bullock carts have been used the time of the Enlightened Buddha. It is still being used. These are many things that are related with bullock cart-social, economic and cultural. There is nothing to believe that bullock cart cultural will disappear from Modern Myanmar. Myanmar traditional bullock cart making in Salin is popular, and in wide use. Since the time of Enlightened Buddha, the bullock carts have been used. Yat-wheel are appeared in the 2500 years age. Although the Hlae Pon taung had been used, there was no Tan-ku. But there is Hlae-Wun-Yoe and it was long. These bullock carts were in the age of Su-La-Pon and Ma-ha-pon merchants. These are Wuntin Bullock carts. These bullock carts are used in the successive eras. The carts tracks are found in Pyu Age and Hanlin Age. King Narathihapatae fled and refuge refuge to the place named Hlae kya. In 1625, Dhamayanthi Pyo composed about Bullock Carts. In 1696, Thanwara Pyo composed about bullock carts in Inwa Age. In 1756, King Alaungmintaya had used bullock carts to fight against the battles. In 1853, the groups of bullock carts are found during the Yadanapon Period. In 1942, the number of bullock cart was 785473. One bullock cart can be used to plough the five acres. About 200 viss can be weighted on one bullock carts. There are two kinds of Hlae. They are Hlae Yin and HlaeKyan. The bullock cart can be used to go about twenty miles a day. The cart track need to have the width of 6 feet. The bullock cart did not have the iron metal expect Nan Yinn Khway, Nan Phar Khway and Hlae Phanaunt. It contains about 25 parts and there are seven kinds of Hlae. The bullock carts are still used and then it plays in the social and economical affairs.