Kanyaza Gyi

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Kanyaza Gyi
ကံရာဇာကြီး
BCE
PredecessorFounder
SuccessorThila Raza
Born861 BC
Tagaung
Died788 BCE (aged 73)
Danyawaddy, Arakan
ConsortThubadda Dewi (သုဘဒ္ဒါဒေဝီ)
FatherAbhiyaza
ReligionHinduism

Kanraza Gyi (

Buddha who came from the ancient kingdom of Kosala (present-day northern India). After his father died in 825 CE, Kanyaza Gyi lost out the throne to his younger brother Kanyaza Nge. He left Tagaung with his followers. He eventually settled at the abandoned capital of Danyawaddy in present-day Rakhine State, and founded the Second Danyawaddy Dynasty.[1]

Reign

Kanraza Gyi was born in

Tagaung 861 BC, after his father Abhiyaza died he lost the throne to his younger brother after race to complete pogoda. He left the kingdom eventually settled in Dhanyawdi later founded the Second Dhanyawadi Kingdom of Arakan following through the Chindwin River pass. He married queen Thubbada Dewi of Dhanywaddy. Where his descendants became today known as "Rakhine" or "Arakanese". He ruled for 37 years and was succeeded by his son, Thila Raza
.

The story of Abhiyaza, Kanyaza Gyi and Kanyaza Nge appeared for the first time in an official Burmese royal chronicle only in 1832, part of the efforts by the early

origin story involving one Pyusawhti, son of a solar spirit and a dragon princess.[2][3]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 153–155
  2. ^ Lieberman 2003: 196
  3. ^ Than Tun 1964: ix–x

References

  • Charney, Michael W. (2002). 'Centralizing Historical Tradition in Precolonial Burma: The Abhiraja/Dhajaraja Myth in Early Kon-bauung Historical Texts.' South East Asia Research, 10 (2). pp. 185-215.
  • Lieberman, Victor B. (2003). Strange Parallels: Southeast Asia in Global Context, c. 800–1830, volume 1, Integration on the Mainland. Cambridge University Press. .
  • Ministry of Information, Myanmar
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  • Than Tun (1964). Studies in Burmese History (in Burmese). Vol. 1. Yangon: Maha Dagon.
Kanyaza Gyi
Born: 861 Died: 788 BCE
Regnal titles
Preceded by
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King of Danyawaddy
825 – 788 BCE
Succeeded by