Maha Yazawin Kyaw

Yazeinda Yazawara Mandani (Rājinda Rājavara Maṇḍanī), or more commonly known as Maha Yazawin Kyaw (

Toungoo kings.^[2]

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The chronicle had already been in the works in May 1829 when its author

Sayadaw had already written an abridged chronicle in 1810, and Maha Yazawin Kyaw was intended to be a comprehensive national chronicle.^[2] For the next three years and four months, the monk and the commission worked on compiling the new chronicle.^[3]

While working on Hmannan, the monk however disagreed with other members of the commission on their portrayal of the last Toungoo kings. He felt that the existing assessments of the Toungoo kings by the Konbaung historians were too harsh and unwarranted. Though he was the head of the commission, his views did not prevail. The monk continued to work with the commission to the completion of the chronicle but also completed his own version c. 1831–1832 before Hmannan was officially completed. Aside from its more sympathetic narrative of the late Toungoo period, Maha Yazawin Kyaw does not differ much from the rest of Hmannan.[2]

Notes

^ Maung Maung Tin Vol. 1 2004: 16
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Thaw Kaung 2010: 53–55
^ Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: vi

References

Maung Maung Tin (1905). Konbaung Hset Maha Yazawin (in Burmese). Vol. 1–3 (2004 ed.). Yangon: Department of Universities History Research, University of Yangon.
Ministry of Information, Myanmar
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Thaw Kaung, U (2010). Aspects of Myanmar History and Culture. Yangon: Gangaw Myaing.

[mmt-1-16-1] Maung Maung Tin Vol. 1 2004: 16

[utk-53-55-2] Thaw Kaung 2010: 53–55

[hy-1-vi-3] Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: vi

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