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Queen of the Northern Palace of Pagan
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Saw Mon Hla
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Saw Rahan II Kunhsaw Kyaunghpyu Sokkate Anawrahta
Anawrahta Minsaw (, ; 11 May 1014 – 11 April 1077) was the founder of the Pagan Empire. Considered the father of the Burmese nation, Anawrahta turned a small principality in the dry zone of Upper Burma into the first Burmese Empire that ...
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Anawrahta
Anawrahta Minsaw (, ; 11 May 1014 – 11 April 1077) was the founder of the Pagan Empire. Considered the father of the Burmese nation, Anawrahta turned a small principality in the dry zone of Upper Burma into the first Burmese Empire that ...
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Pagan
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Pagan
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(Bagan)
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Theravada Buddhism
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Myauk Pyinthe (, or ; lit. "Queen of the Northern Palace") was a queen consort of three kings of
Pagan
Paganism (, later 'civilian') is a term first used in the fourth century by early Christians for people in the Roman Empire who practiced polytheism, or ethnic religions other than Christianity, Judaism, and Samaritanism. In the time of the ...
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Saw Rahan II,
Kunhsaw Kyaunghpyu and
Sokkate, and the mother of King
Anawrahta
Anawrahta Minsaw (, ; 11 May 1014 – 11 April 1077) was the founder of the Pagan Empire. Considered the father of the Burmese nation, Anawrahta turned a small principality in the dry zone of Upper Burma into the first Burmese Empire that ...
, the founder of the
Pagan Empire.
[Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 93]
Brief
According to the
royal chronicles, she was of royal descent and the youngest of three sisters. She and her two elder sisters were married off to King Saw Rahan ( 1000). Her two elder sisters became known as Taung Pyinthe ("Queen of the Southern Palace") and Ale Pyinthe ("Queen of the Central Palace") while she received the title, Myauk Pyinthe ("Queen of the Northern Palace").
[Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 227] In 1001, they became queens consort of Kunhsaw who seized the throne by assassinating Saw Rahan. On 11 May 1014, Myauk Pyinthe gave birth to a child, Min Saw (later known as Anawrahta).[Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 95, footnote #2] She later became Queen of the Southern Palace, or the chief queen.[
In 1021, Kunhsaw was overthrown and forced to become a monk by his adopted sons Kyiso and Sokkate.][ Myauk Pyinthe and Min Saw also moved next to the monastery where the deposed king lived on as a monk. The arrangement last until 1044 when Sokkate, who had become king since 1044, forcibly raised Myauk Pyinthe, his maternal aunt, as his queen.][Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 228] It angered Min Saw, who promptly revolted against his cousin. Min Saw slayed Sokkate on 11 August 1044 in single combat on horseback, and seized the throne.[Per ''Zata's'' horoscope section (Zata 1960: 83) as translated by the editors of (Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 95, footnote #1).] Chronicles say that the queen dedicated two temples named Pottalin and Yin-Wut-Kyut, after hearing the news of her son's victory over Sokkate.[Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 229–230][Yazawin Thit Vol. 1 2012: 95]
Anawrahta also consorted his mother to be his queen.
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