Kanyaza Gyi
Kanyaza Gyi ကံရာဇာကြီး | |
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BCE | |
Predecessor | Founder |
Successor | Thila Raza |
Born | 861 BC Tagaung |
Died | 788 BCE (aged 73) Danyawaddy, Arakan |
Consort | Thubadda Dewi (သုဘဒ္ဒါဒေဝီ) |
Father | Abhiyaza |
Religion | Hinduism |
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
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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
See also
Notes
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. ISBN 978-0-521-80496-7.
- Ministry of Information, Myanmar.
- Than Tun (1964). Studies in Burmese History (in Burmese). Vol. 1. Yangon: Maha Dagon.