Thaik Taing (r. 513 – 523) was the 12th King of the

Early Pagan Kingdom The Early Pagan Kingdom ( my, ခေတ်ဦး ပုဂံ ပြည်) was a city-state that existed in the first millennium CE before the emergence of the Pagan Empire in the mid 11th century. The Burmese chronicles state that the "kin ...

who began his reign in 513 AD. He moved the palace to

Tampawaddy Tampawaddy or Tamrawati( my, တမ္ပဝတီ, , also spelt Tampavatī, Sanskrit: ताम्बावती ''Taambavatee,'' ) is a classical name of the city of Bagan (Pagan), Myanmar. According to the Burmese chronicles, King Thaik Taing ...

, near

Thiri Pyissaya Thiri Pyissaya ( my, သီရိပစ္စယာ, ; also spelled Siripaccaya, Sanskrit: श्रीप्रत्यय ''Śripratyaya'' ) is a classical name of the city of Bagan, Myanmar. According to the ''Hmannan Yazawin'' chronicle, King ...

.Maha Yazawin Vol. 1 2006: 139–141

Reign

In Burmese years 438, he ascended the throne. During his reign, he abandoned Thiri Pyitsaya and shifted royal capital to the surrounding area, renaming it to

. The reason for the relocation is unknown. However, the landslide on the banks of the Irrawaddy River seems to have been worse since then, according to Thaik Taing's curse on the Tayoke Pyan Pagoda inscription, "ငါ့ကောင်းမှုကို ဖျက်သသူကား ညောင်ဦးကသည် သီရိပစ္စယာတိုင်အောင် ကမ်းပြိုသကဲ့သို့ စီးပွားချမ်းသာယုတ်စေသော်" ("To those who destroyed my meritorious deeds: from

Nyaung-U Nyaung-U ( my, ညောင်ဦးမြို့) is the administrative town of Nyaung-U Township of Nyaung-U District in the Mandalay Region of central Myanmar. It lies on the eastern bank of Ayeyarwaddy River. It is just 4 kilometers away ...

to Thiri Pyitsaya, may your sake and prosperity get lesser, as if a landslide destroyed them."). It seems that the king moved to a safer inland area to prevent the riverbank from collapsing. He died seven years after his accession to the throne.

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