Yathekyaung Explained

Type:monarch
Yathekyaung
Reign:152 – 167 CE
Succession:King of Pagan
Predecessor:Thamoddarit
Successor:Pyusawhti
Suc-Type:Successor
Birth Date:62
Death Date:167 (aged 105)
Death Place:Pagan (Bagan)

Yathekyaung (Burmese: ရသေ့ကြောင်, in Burmese pronounced as /jəθe̯ dʑàʊɰ̃/; also spelled Rathekyaung) was a semi-legendary king of Pagan Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar). According to 18th and 19th century Burmese chronicles Maha Yazawin and Hmannan Yazawin he was a monk and the tutor of Pyusawhti, who put him on the throne.[1] He is not accepted as a king by some modern historians.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 201
  2. (Harvey 1925: 364) does not recognize Thamoddarit or Yathekyaung, kings added by Maha Yazawin to link the Pagan royal lineage to the kings of Sri Ksetra Kingdom.