The standard Burmese court chronicle, compiled six centuries after 1200 from older chronicles now lost. Its Pagan section tells the reign of Narapatisithu (here Narapatisithu or Sithu II): his seizure of the throne from his brother Naratheinkha in 1174, his campaigns, his monastic reforms under the Lanka-trained monk Shin Uttarajiva's pupils, the building of the Dhammayazika and Gawdawpalin, and the succession of Htilominlo (Nadaungmya) in 1211. It is the only narrative for Pagan politics in 1200 but it is late, legend-laden and wrong in many dates; the inscriptions correct it where they overlap.
About this source
- Title
- Hmannan Maha Yazawindawgyi
- Author
- The Royal Historical Commission of King Bagyidaw (Monywe Sayadaw and others), drawing on U Kala's Maha Yazawin (about 1724) and earlier chronicles
- Written
- 1829 to 1832
- Language
- Burmese
- Covers
- legendary times to 1821; the translated portion covers Pagan to 1287
- Kind
- Chronicle
The translation covers only the Pagan period (parts 3 to 5 of the chronicle). Its regnal dates for the 12th century are a few years out against the inscriptions. U Kala's Maha Yazawin, its main source, is not translated.
Where to read it
Editions
- Burmese text, Mandalay and Rangoon printings (1908 onward); not located online in this task (not freely online)
Translations
- Pe Maung Tin and G. H. Luce (trs.), The Glass Palace Chronicle of the Kings of Burma (Oxford University Press, 1923), English, the Pagan portion
- Another scan of the 1923 translation