The Glass Palace chronicle of the kings of Burma 9780404145552, 0404145558

Table of contents :
Frontmatter
INTRODUCTION (page ix)
PART III
102. Of the first founding of the great kingdom of Tagaung by the Sakiyan Abhiraja of the Middle Country (page 1)
103. Of the founding of the great kingdom of Tharehkittara (page 6)
104. Of the two brothers Sulathambawa and Mahathambawa (page 9)
105. Of king Dwattabaung (page 14)
106. Of the eight generations of kings from Diwattaran to Thiririt (page 20)
107. Of king Ngataba (page 21)
108. Of the twelve generations of kings from king Papiran to king Beizza (page 23)
109. Of king Thumondalri (page 25)
110. Of king Atitra (page 26)
111. Of king Supannanagarachinna (page 26)
112. Of the reigning of king Thamoddarit, and the dwellers in nineteen villages at Yonhlukkyun, after the Pyus, Kanyans, and Tkeks split into three divisions (page 28)
113. [Of Pagan, known as Arirmaddana] (page 29)
113a. Of king Pyusawhti (page 30)
114. Of king Yathekyaung (page 40)
115. Of the reigning of king Pyusawhti after his teacher king Yathekyaung (page 40)
116. Of the six kings from Htiminyi, son of king Pyusawhti, to king Thihtan (page 43)
117. Of the Mahagiri spirits, brother and sister, in the reign of king Thinlikyaung (page 45)
118. Of the going of Ashin Buddhaghosa to Ceylon to bring the sacred Pitakas, and his copying of them (page 46)
119. Of the usurping of the throne by Mokhkaman and Thuye, ministers, not of the royal bone (page 50)
120. Of the eight kings from king Thaittaing, son of king Thihtan, to king Htunchit (page 50)
121. Of king Sangharaja, not of royal bone, teacher of the queen of king Htunchit (page 52)
122. Of the three kings from king Shweonthi, son of king Htunchit, to Minhkwe (page 53)
123. Of king Myinkywe (page 53)
124. Of the ten kings from king Theinhka to king Tannek (page 54)
125. Of Sale Ngahkwe (page 56)
126. Of king Theinhko, son of Sale Ngahkwe (page 58)
127. Of Nyaung-u Sawrahan (page 58)
128. Of Kunhsau Kyaungbyu (page 60)
129. Of king Kyizo and king Sokkate (page 63)
130. Of Anawrahtaminsau (page 64)
PART IV
131. Of the coming of Shin Arahan from the kingdom of Thaton to the kingdom of Pagan (page 71)
132. Of the mighty men of valour, the Kala brothers (page 75)
133. Of the journey of king Anawrahta to Thaton and his bringing of the Pitakas (page 77)
134. Of the journey to the Tarop country in the kingdom of Gandhala, and the asking of the sacred tooth (page 80)
135. Of Sawmunhla, daughter of the Sawbwa, ruler of the nine provinces of Mau (page 84)
135a. Of the bringing of the relics of the sacred frontlet and the tooth, and the enshrining of them in Shwezigon pagoda (page 86)
136. Of the sending of Kyanzittha, Nga Htweyu, Nga Loulephpe, and Nyaung-u Hpi to Ussa Pegu to help in the war (page 92)
137. Of the pahto, gu, and monasteries, dams, channels, reservoirs, and canals, which he wrought and finished wheresoever he went roaming the country with his host of followers (page 95)
138. Of king Sawlu (page 100)
139. Of king Htihlaingshin Kyanzittha (page 105)
140. Of the rebuilding of Shwezigon pagoda, Anawrahtaminsau's work of merit, by king Htihlaingshin Kyanzittha (page 108)
141. Of king Alaungsithu (page 111)
PART V
142. Of king Narathu (page 132)
143. Of king Minyin Naratheinhka (page 134)
144. Of king Zeyyatheinhka Nandaungmya (page 152)
145. Of king Kyazwa (page 154)
146. Of king Uzana (page 156)
147. Of Minhkweche (page 158)

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