Yathekyaung

Yathekyaung ရသေ့ကြောင်
King of Pagan
Reign	152 – 167 CE
Predecessor	Thamoddarit
Successor	Pyusawhti
Born	62
Died	167 (aged 105) Pagan (Bagan)

Yathekyaung (Burmese: ရသေ့ကြောင်, pronounced: [jəθe̯ dʑàʊɴ]; also spelled Rathekyaung) was a semi-legendary king of Pagan Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar). According to 18th and 19th century Burmese chronicles Maha Yazawin and Hmannan Yazawin he was a monk and the tutor of Pyusawhti, who put him on the throne.^[1] He is not accepted as a king by some modern historians.^{[Note 1]}

Notes

1. (Harvey 1925: 364) does not recognize Thamoddarit or Yathekyaung, kings added by Maha Yazawin to link the Pagan royal lineage to the kings of Sri Ksetra Kingdom.

References

1. Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 201

• Harvey, G. E. (1925). History of Burma: From the Earliest Times to 10 March 1824. London: Frank Cass & Co. Ltd.
• Royal Historical Commission of Burma (1832). Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese). 1–3 (2003 ed.). Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.