Pyinsa, the older Lemro seat north of Parein, is credited in the chronicles with a three-hundred-year royal residence that no independent source confirms; archaeologically the valley is occupied and building.
Launggyet, downstream of Parein, becomes the capital and gives its name to a dynasty (1251 to 1429 on English Wikipedia; the move is 1237 or 1251 by two reckonings), so on 1 January 1200 it is a village or a short-lived seat. The Rakhine speakers' settlement of the Lemro cities (Sambawak, Pyinsa, Parein, Hkrit, then Launggyet and Mrauk-U) is a ninth-to-fifteenth-century story in English Wikipedia.
Who holds it
- Title
- Headman or the king's officer
- Since
- not known
- Born
- not known
- Family
- not known
- Confidence
- low
No source we read names a holder.
Lord in 1200
The king of Arakan.
How things stand that morning
Two sites on the river; one older seat, one future capital.
Places of note
- Pyinsa: Older seat.
- Launggyet: Future capital.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Chronicle; modern summary.
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.