Kyaswa

Kyaswa
ကျစွာ
King of Pagan
King of Burma
Reign19 July 1235[1]c. May 1251
PredecessorHtilominlo
(or Naratheinga Uzana)
SuccessorUzana
Chief MinisterYazathingyan
Born4 May 1198[2]
Monday, 13th waning of Kason 560 ME
Pagan (Bagan)
Diedc. May 1251 (aged ~53)
c. Nayon 613 ME
Pagan
ConsortYaza Dewi
IssueUzana[note 1]
Thonlula
Saw Khin Htut
Regnal name
Śrī Tribhuvanāditya Pavarapaṇḍita Dhammarāja
HousePagan
FatherHtilominlo
MotherEindawthe
ReligionTheravada Buddhism

Kyaswa (Burmese: ကျစွာ, pronounced [tɕa̰zwà]; 1198–1251) was the king of the Pagan dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1235 to 1251. Kyaswa succeeded his father Htilominlo and was even more devout.[3][4] Kyaswa's reign like his father's was largely peaceful but the depletion of the royal treasury due to large tax-free religious landholdings became more pronounced. The royal treasury was so depleted that Kyaswa had trouble completing a temple. The empire founded by Anawrahta over two centuries earlier was still peaceful but already on its last legs, unprepared for the internal disorders and external forces that were to come.[5]

  1. ^ Than Tun 1964: 134
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference uk-1-232 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Harvey 1925: 59
  4. ^ Coedès 1968: 183
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference mha-64-65 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).


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