Kyawswa II of Pinya

Kyawswa II of Pinya
လေးစီးရှင် ကျော်စွာ
King of Pinya
Reign12 December 1350 – 19 March 1359
PredecessorKyawswa I
SuccessorNarathu
Senior Ministers
  • Thamantabyit[note 1]
  • Takkhana
  • Chinbo
  • Maha Petteik
Bornc. early 1328
Wednesday, late 689 ME
Pinle
Died19 March 1359 (aged 31)
Tuesday, 6th waning of Late Tagu 720 ME
Pinya
Burial19 March 1359
(Cave Pagoda), Pinya
ConsortSaw Omma
Shin Saw Gyi
Issuenone
HouseMyinsaing
FatherKyawswa I
MotherAtula Sanda Dewi
ReligionTheravada Buddhism

Kyawswa II of Pinya (Burmese: လေးစီးရှင် ကျော်စွာ, pronounced [lézíʃɪ̀ɰ̃ tɕɔ̀zwà]; lit.'Lord of the Four White Elephants'; 1328–1359) was king of Pinya from 1350 to 1359. He had little effective control over his southern vassals but agreed to an alliance with Pinya's longtime rival Sagaing to face off the northern Shan state of Mong Mao. In 1358–59, while he tried to help Sagaing in the north, his home region of Kyaukse came under attack first by his erstwhile vassal Toungoo, and later by Mong Mao Shans. He died during the Shan raids.

His royal decree dated 12 March 1359 is the earliest known land survey (sittan) in Burmese history.

  1. ^ Taw, Forchhammer 1899: 7
  2. ^ Taw, Forchhammer 1899: 7


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