Kingdom of Ava

Kingdom of Ava အင်းဝခေတ်
1365–1555
Ava c. 1450
Status	Kingdom
Capital	Sagaing Pinya Ava
Common languages	Burmese, Shan
Religion	Theravada Buddhism
Government	Monarchy
• 1364–1367	Thado Minbya
• 1367–1400	Swa Saw Ke
• 1400–1421	Minkhaung I
• 1426–1439	Mohnyin Thado
• 1527–1542	Thohanbwa
• 1551–1555	Sithu Kyawhtin
Legislature	None (Rule by decree)
History
• Thado Minbya seized Sagaing	by 30 May 1364
• Kingdom of Ava founded	26 February 1365
• Saw Omma's rebellion	September 1367
• Forty Years' War	1385–1424
• Start of House of Mohnyin	16 May 1426
• Toungoo secession	16 October 1510
• Start of Shan period	14 March 1527
• Toungoo conquest	22 January 1555
Currency	Kyat
Preceded by Succeeded by Pinya Kingdom Sagaing Kingdom First Toungoo Empire Prome Kingdom
Today part of	Myanmar

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Prehistory of Myanmar 11,000–200 BCE Pyu city-states 200 BCE – 1050 CE (Sri Ksetra Kingdom, Tagaung Kingdom) Mon kingdoms 825?–1057? CE (Thaton Kingdom) Arakanese kingdoms 788?–1406
Pagan Kingdom 849–1297 Early Pagan Kingdom 849–1044 Warring states period Upper Myanmar 1297–1555 Myinsaing and Pinya Kingdoms 1297–1365 Sagaing Kingdom 1315–1365 Kingdom of Ava 1365–1555 Prome Kingdom 1482–1542 Hanthawaddy Kingdom 1287–1539, 1550–1552 Shan States 1215–1563 Kingdom of Mrauk U 1429–1785 Toungoo dynasty 1510–1752 First Toungoo Empire 1510–1599 Nyaungyan Restoration 1599–1752 Restored Hanthawaddy 1740–1757 Konbaung dynasty 1752–1885
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The Kingdom of Ava (Burmese: အင်းဝခေတ်, pronounced [ʔɪ́ɰ̃wa̰ kʰɪʔ]; INN-wa khit) was the dominant kingdom that ruled upper Burma (Myanmar) from 1365 to 1555. Founded in 1365, the kingdom was the successor state to the petty kingdoms of Myinsaing, Pinya and Sagaing that had ruled central Burma since the collapse of the Pagan Empire in the late 13th century.

Like the small kingdoms that preceded it, Ava may have been led by Bamarised Shan kings who claimed descent from the kings of Pagan.^[1][2] Scholars debate that the Shan ethnicity of Avan kings comes from mistranslation, particularly from a record of the Avan kings' ancestors ruling a Shan village in central Burma prior to their rise or prominence.^[3]