Nanda Pakyan နန္ဒပကြံ | |
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Chief Minister | |
In office 1335/36–1350s | |
Monarchs | Anawrahta I Kyaswa Anawrahta II Tarabya II |
Minister | |
In office c. 1327–1335/36 | |
Monarch | Tarabya I |
Personal details | |
Died | c. 1350s Sagaing |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Sagaing Kingdom |
Branch/service | Royal Sagaing Army |
Years of service | 1339–1352? |
Rank | Commander-in-chief |
Nanda Pakyan (Burmese: နန္ဒပကြံ, pronounced [nàɴda̰ bədʑàɴ]; also spelled Ananda Pakyan; c. 1280s – c. 1350s) was chief minister of Sagaing from the 1330s to the 1350s. The powerful minister placed at least three kings Kyaswa (r. 1339−49), Anawrahta II (r. 1349) and Tarabya II (r. 1349−52) on the throne, became the commander-in-chief, and ran the country.