Athinkhaya

Athinkhaya
အသင်္ခယာ
Co-Regent of Myinsaing
Reign17 December 1297 – 13 April 1310
Predecessornew office
SuccessorYazathingyan
Viceroy of Myinsaing
Reign19 February 1293 – 17 December 1297
Predecessornew office
SuccessorSithu
Born1261/62
623 ME
Myinsaing, Pagan Kingdom
Died13 April 1310 (aged 49)
Full moon of Kason 672 ME
Myinsaing, Myinsaing Regency
Burial
Myinsaing
ConsortSaw U
HouseMyinsaing
FatherTheinkha Bo
MotherLady Myinsaing
ReligionTheravada Buddhism

Athinkhaya (Burmese: အသင်္ခယာ, pronounced [ʔəθɪ̀ɰ̃ kʰəjà]; also spelled Athinhkaya; c. 1261–1310) was a co-founder of Myinsaing Kingdom in present-day Central Burma (Myanmar).[1] As a senior commander in the Royal Army of the Pagan Empire, he, along with his two younger brothers Yazathingyan and Thihathu, led Pagan's successful defense of central Burma against the Mongol invasions in 1287. Following the collapse of the Pagan Empire, the brothers became rivals of King Kyawswa of Pagan in central Burma, and overthrew him in December 1297, nine months after Kyawswa became a Mongol vassal. They successfully defended the second Mongol invasion (1300–01), and emerged the sole rulers of central Burma.

  1. ^ Coedès 1968: 209