Sandoway (Thandwe) is the southern port and the western foot of the Taungup pass to Prome; Ramree is the large low island with rice ground and the only real anchorage between the Kaladan and Sandoway; Cheduba (Manaung) is a watering island with a beach for careening.
This is Arakan's exposed flank, far from the Lemro seats and near Pagan's lower river, and a road where every Burmese attack on Arakan and every Arakanese raid inland would pass. No attack is dated.
Who he is
- Title
- Local lord or governor of the southern coast
- Since
- not known
- Born
- not known
- Family
- not known
- Confidence
- low
The campaign board entry notes only; no source we read names a holder. English Wikipedia (Arakan): Mon invaders from Lower Burma conquered southern Arakan, including Sandoway, in the fourteenth to fifteenth centuries (later).
What it holds
- The southern port and the coast road
- Ramree's rice ground and anchorage
- Cheduba's watering place
How things stand that morning
An Arakanese coast under local lords; no Pagan or Mon force is attested.
Places of note
- Sandoway (Thandwe): Port and western foot of the Taungup pass.
- Ramree: Island with the one anchorage.
- Cheduba (Manaung): Watering island.
Where the sources disagree
- The campaign board entry thandwe point 18.462, 94.366 used; the gazetteer's Thandwe centre (18.35, 94.62) is the township.
Evidence: Geography and the campaign board; no dated source.
"The campaign board" is OMNIA's working map. These notes record where its earlier claims were checked against the sources.
Primary sources for Kingdom of Arakan (the Lemro)
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- The Glass Palace Chronicle of the Kings of Burma, The Royal Historical Commission of King Bagyidaw (Monywe Sayadaw and others), drawing on U Kala's Maha Yazawin (about 1724) and earlier chronicles (1829 to 1832). The standard Burmese court chronicle, compiled six centuries after 1200 from older chronicles now lost. Read online
- Epigraphia Birmanica, being lithic and other inscriptions of Burma, Various, edited by Taw Sein Ko, C. Duroiselle and C. O. Blagden (inscriptions of the 11th to 15th centuries; the series ran from 1919 to 1936). The Archaeological Survey of Burma's series of edited inscriptions with full translations. Read online
- Inscriptions of Pagan, Pinya and Ava; Inscriptions of Burma, Various (the Pagan kings, queens, ministers and donors), edited by Tun Nyein, Taw Sein Ko, G. H. Luce and Pe Maung Tin (inscriptions of the 11th to 14th centuries; editions 1899 and 1933 to 1956). The dedicatory inscriptions of Pagan are the only contemporary texts for the kingdom of Narapatisithu (reigning 1174 to 1211). Read online
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.