Pyinbya

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Pyinbya
ပျဉ်ပြား
Theravada Buddhism
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Pagan Empire
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Chronicle tradition

According to the Burmese chronicles, the future king was born to King Saw Khin Hnit of Pagan. He was born in either 817 CE (or 802 CE).[2] He was lord of Pyinbya village of Pagan prior to his accession, and known as Pyinbya Mintha. He succeeded his brother King Khelu as king in 846 CE. He founded the city of Pagan on 23 December 849 (6th waxing of Pyatho 211 ME).[4] He also founded a settlement of Taungdwin in 857,[5] perhaps the southernmost limit of his nascent kingdom. He died in 876 CE at age 59 (in his 60th year). (Note that main Burmese chronicles do not agree on his regnal years or birth and death years. The oldest chronicle Zatadawbon Yazawin is considered to be the most accurate for the Pagan period.)[note 1] The table below lists the dates given by four main chronicles, as well as Hmannan's dates when anchored by the Anawrahta's inscriptionally verified accession date of 1044.[2]

Chronicles Birth–Death Age Reign Length of reign
Zatadawbon Yazawin 817–876 59 846–876 30
Maha Yazawin 817–858 41 846–858 12
Yazawin Thit and Hmannan Yazawin 802–878 76 846–878 32
Hmannan adjusted 830–906 76 874–906 32

Pyinbya was succeeded by his son Tannet.[5]

Scholarship views

According to mainstream scholarship, Pyinbya is one of the earliest kings of Pagan, founded by the

Chindwin river and just to the west of a richly irrigated rice plain.[7]

Pagan was one of several competing city-states until the late 10th century when it grew in authority and grandeur.

Pagan Empire
, the first ever unification of the Irrawaddy valley and its periphery.

Notes

  1. ^ (Maha Yazawin 2006: 346–349): Among the four major chronicles, only Zatadawbon Yazawin's dates line up with Anawrahta's inscriptionally verified accession date of 1044 CE. (Aung-Thwin 2005: 121–123): In general, Zata is considered "the most accurate of all Burmese chronicles, particularly with regard to the best-known Pagan and Ava kings, many of whose dates have been corroborated by epigraphy."

References

  1. ^ (Maha Yazawin Vol. 1 2006: 346): Per Zatadawbon Yazawin
  2. ^ a b c Maha Yazawin Vol. 1 2006: 346
  3. ISBN 978-0-8248-0368-1
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  4. ^ Zata 1960: 41
  5. ^ a b Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 219
  6. ^ Lieberman 2003: 90
  7. ^ Myint-U 2006: 56
  8. ^ Lieberman 2003: 90–91

Bibliography

Pyinbya
Pagan Dynasty
Born: c. 817 Died: c. 876
Regnal titles
Preceded by King of Pagan
c. 846 – 876 		Succeeded by
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