Dhanyawaddy Ayedawbon

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Dhanyawaddy Ayedawbon
Arakanese chronicles
GenreChronicle, History
Publication date
10 February 1788[1]
Preceded byMin Razagri Aredaw Sadan 
Followed byMizzimadetha Ayedawbon 

Kawitharabi Thiri-Pawara Agga-Maha-Dhammarazadiraza-Guru (

Mrauk-U Kingdom in 1785.[2] It was written soon after the annexation to salvage Arakanese history after most of Mrauk-U's historical records were burned down by Konbaung forces in 1785.[3] Rakhine Sayadaw, a Buddhist monk, tried to piece together the portions that escaped the indiscriminate destruction, and completed it in 1788. According to G.E. Harvey, a British colonial period historian, the chronicle may not be as reliable as it is "a third-hand piece of work".[4]

The chronicle covers from c. 825 BCE from the reign of legendary King

References

  1. ^ a b Thaw Kaung 2010: 28
  2. ^ Thaw Kaung 2010: 25, 28
  3. ^ Myint-U 2006: 110
  4. ^ Harvey 1925: xix

Bibliography

  • Harvey, G. E. (1925). History of Burma: From the Earliest Times to 10 March 1824. London: Frank Cass & Co. Ltd.
  • Myint-U, Thant (2006). The River of Lost Footsteps—Histories of Burma. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. .
  • Thaw Kaung, U (2010). Aspects of Myanmar History and Culture. Yangon: Gangaw Myaing.