Nidana Arambhakatha

Nidāna Ārambhakathā is a Mon language chronicle. It is supposedly part of a larger treatise called Ramann'-uppatti-dipaka. The surviving copy of Nidana is dated to the 18th century although the copy says its original manuscript was compiled in year 900 ME. Moreover, at least some parts of it were likely written during the early 17th century.

Thupaba Dewi

Thupaba Dewi was an Ava princess who became a queen consort of King Razadarit of Hanthawaddy

Mi Ta-Lat

Mi Ta-Lat was a principal queen consort of King Binnya Dhammaraza of Hanthawaddy Pegu. Daughter of Governor–General Smin Awa Naing, Ta-Lat was married to Prince Dhammaraza by 1415

Sule Shangri-La Hotel

Sule Shangri-La Hotel is a hotel located in downtown Yangon. It was the tallest building in Myanmar from 1996 to 1999. The 466-room hotel used to be known as Traders Hotel before it was rebranded in 2014 as Sule Shangri-La Yangon by its owner Shangri-La

Tho Kyaung Bwa

Tho Kyaung Bwa was sawbwa (ruler) of Onbaung from c. 1400s to c. 1420s. He was a vassal and/or ally of King Minkhaung I of Ava

Rakhine Razawin Haung

Min Razagri Aredaw Sadan, or more commonly known as Rakhine Razawin Haung, is an Arakanese (Rakhine) chronicle covering the history of Arakan

Thinkhaya of Pagan

Thinkhaya was governor of Pagan (Bagan), a vassal state of Ava. According to the royal chronicles, he was governor of Pagan from at least since 1390 and at least until 1410 when he fought in the Forty Years' War against the southern Hanthawaddy Kingdom

Yazakumari of Pagan

Yazakumari was a queen consort of King Sithu I of the Pagan Dynasty of Myanmar (Burma). She had no children. Queen Ti Lawka Sanda Dewi was her elder sister

Letya Sekkya of Toungoo

Letya Sekkya was governor of Toungoo (Taungoo) from 1342 to 1344. He became governor with the title of Zeya Thingyan after the death of his father-in-law Kayin Ba, who left no male heirs. Prior to becoming governor, he had been a longtime minister serving

Mi U-Si

Thiri Maya Dewi Mi U-Si was a principal queen of King Razadarit of Hanthawaddy Pegu from 1392 to 1421

Nga Tet Pya

Nga Tet Pya was a 14th-century Burmese outlaw who later became a commander in the royal army during the reign of King Thado Minbya of Ava. A well-known folkloric figure in Burmese culture, he is remembered as a Robin Hood-like character, who robbed the