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The district was once a portion of the Talaing kingdom of Pegu, afterwards annexed to the Burmese empire in 1753, and has no history of its own.

"Originally Dravidians of some sort, they seem to have received blood from various sources—Hindu, Musalmān, Chinese, Shān, Talaing, European and others."

Talaing of Pegu, and the Munda dialects, 348. ταλάω, τλῆναι, = talio, Græco-Italic, according to Mommsen, 216.

Talaing of Pegu, and the Munda dialects, iv.

Munda dialects and the Khasian language, 348. —— and the Talaing of Pegu, 348.