Thanbula Explained

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Thanbula
Burmese: သမ္ဘူလ
Reign: 1100s–1112
Succession:Chief queen consort of Burma
Predecessor:Apeyadana
Successor:Yadanabon
Suc-Type:Successor
Spouse:Kyansittha
Issue:Yazakumar
House:Pagan
Birth Date: 1060s
Birth Place:Kyaungbyu
Death Date:?
Death Place:Pagan (Bagan)
Religion:Theravada Buddhism

Thanbula (Burmese: သမ္ဘူလ, in Burmese pronounced as /θàɰ̃bùla̰/; Trilokavatamsika, U Sauk Pan, or Sambhula, also spelled Thambula) was a chief queen consort of King Kyansittha of the Pagan Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar). She met Kyansittha while he was in exile at Kyaungbyu, and later gave birth to Yazakumar. Kyansittha went back to Bagan (Pagan), and later became king. She found out about it only years later, and showed up at the palace gate with their son. By then Kyansittha, thinking he did not have a male heir, had already anointed his grandson Alaungsithu the heir apparent. Kyansittha made her his chief queen with the title Usaukpan and Yazakumar the titular lord of North Arakan and Seven Hill Tracts.[1] [2] [3]

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Notes and References

  1. Harvey 1925: 39–40
  2. Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 279
  3. Book: Coedès, George. George Coedès. Walter F. Vella. trans.Susan Brown Cowing. The Indianized States of Southeast Asia. 1968. University of Hawaii Press. 978-0-8248-0368-1.