Kumara Kassapa

Kumara Kassapa
ကုမာရ ကဿပ
King of Pagan
Reignc. 25 January 1301 – 6 April 1301
PredecessorSaw Hnit
SuccessorSaw Hnit
Bornc. 1280
Dala (Twante)
DiedYunnan?
HousePagan
FatherKyawswa
MotherPwa Saw of Thitmahti
ReligionTheravada Buddhism

Kumara Kassapa or Kumara Kathapa (Burmese: ကုမာရ ကဿပ, pronounced [kṵməɹa̰ kaʔθəpa̰]) was the Mongol-installed King of Pagan, who reigned for ten weeks in 1301. The second son of King Kyawswa of Pagan sought Mongol intervention after his father was overthrown by the Myinsaing brothers in 1297. Declared the rightful king of Burma by Emperor Temür Khan in 1300, Kumara Kassapa returned to Pagan (Bagan) with a Mongol invasion force in 1301, only to retreat after the Mongol general staff accepted a bribe.[1]: 211 

  1. ^ Coedès, George (1968). Walter F. Vella (ed.). The Indianized States of Southeast Asia. trans.Susan Brown Cowing. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-0368-1.