Mon kingdoms
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Mon kingdoms ruled large sections of Burma from the 9th to the 11th, the 13th to the 16th, and again in the 18th centuries.
The first recorded kingdom that can undisputedly be attributed to the Mon people was Dvaravati, which prospered until around 1000 AD when their capital was sacked by the Khmer Empire and most of the inhabitants fled west to present-day Burma and eventually founded new kingdoms. These, too, eventually came under pressure from new ethnic groups arriving from the north.
Northern Burma was a group of city-states in a loose coalition. The 'King' of each city-state would change allegiance as he saw fit, so throughout history, much of the Shan-Tai north has been part of the Tai countries of Sipsongpanna, Lanna (a kingdom centered in Chiangmai, Thailand), Ayutthaya (old capital of Siam) and even affiliated with Laos.
About the same period, southward-migrating Burmans took over lands in central Myanmar and established the kingdom of Bagan. In 1057, Bagan defeated the Mon kingdom, capturing the Mon capital of Thaton and carrying off 30,000 Mon captives to Bagan.
After the fall of Bagan to the invading Mongols in 1287, the Mon, under Wareru, regained their independence and captured Martaban and Bago, thus virtually controlling their previously held territory.
Successive waves of Burmese and Thai groups slowly eroded the Mon kingdoms, and the next 200 years witnessed incessant warfare between the Mon and the Burmese, but the Mon managed to retain their independence until 1539. The last independent Mon kingdom fell to the Burmese when Alaungpaya razed Bago in 1757. Many of the Mon were killed, while others fled to Thailand.
[edit] List of Mon monarchs
Mon monarchs ruled lower Burma from 1287 to 1539 with a brief revival during 1550-53.
| Mon name | Dates | BE | years | Succession | Death | Burmese | Pali | Other names |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wareru | 1287-96 | 649 | 19 | murdered | Magadu, Wa Roe, Warow, Wariru | |||
| Hkun Law | 1296-1310 | 668 | 4 | brother | murdered | Hkun Law | Tha-na-ran-bya-keit | |
| Saw U | 1310-24 | 672 | 13 | nephew | murdered | Saw O | Theng-mhaing | |
| Saw Zein | 1324-31 | 685 | 7 | brother | murdered | Binga-ran-da | ||
| Zein Pun | 1331 | murderer | murdered | |||||
| Saw E Gan Gaung | 1331 | murdered | ||||||
| Banya E Law | 1331-48 | 692 | 18 | cousin | Binnya E Law | |||
| Binnya U | 1348-83 | 710 | 37 | son | natural death | Binnya U | Tsheng-phyu-sheng | |
| Rajadhirat | 1383-1421 | 747 | 39 | son | accident | Razadarit | Binnya New | |
| Banya Dhamraja | 1423-26 | 785 | 3 | son | murdered | Binnyadammayaza | ||
| Binnya Ram I | 1426-46 | 788 | 20 | brother | Binnyaran | Ramarajadhirat | Binnya Rankit | |
| Banyabarow | 1446-50 | 808 | 4 | nephew | Binnyawaru | Jayaddisarajadhirat | Banyabarvor, | |
| Banya Ken Dau | 1450-53 | 812 | 3 | cousin | Dhammatrailokyanatha | Banya Ken, Binya Keng, Banya Kyan | ||
| Mawdaw | 1453 | 815 | cousin | |||||
| Baña Thau | 1453-1472 | 815 | 7 | abdicated | Shin Sawbu | Viharadevi | ||
| Dhammacedi | 1472-92 | 822 | 31 | son-in-law | natural death | Dammazedi | Ramadhipati | Dhammazedi, Damazedi, Dhammachedi, Dhammaceti |
| Binnya Ram II | 1492-1526 | 853 | 35 | son | Binnyaran | |||
| Takayutpi | 1526-39 | 888 | 14 | son | Takayutpi | |||
| Smim Sawhtut | 1550 | usurper | murdered | Smim Sawhtut | ||||
| Smim Htaw | 1551-53 | 2 | usurper | executed | Smim Htaw |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Guillon, Emmanuel (tr. ed. James V. Di Crocco) (1999) The Mons: A civilization of Southeast Asia, Bangkok: The Siam Society.
- Harvey, G.E. (1925) History of Burma: From the earliest times to 10 March 1824 the beginning of the English conquest, New York: Longmans, Green, and Co.
- Phayre, Arthur Purves. History of Burma including Burma Proper, Pegu, Taungu,
- Tenasserim, and Arakan: From the Earliest Time to the End of the First War With British India. London: Trübner & Company. 1883; Reprint: Bibliotheca Orientalism, Bangkok: Orchid Press, 1998.
