Hanthawaddy kingdom
Hanthawaddy kingdom Hongsarwatoi kingdom | |||||||||
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| 1287–1552 | |||||||||
Hanthawaddy in red in the northwest, c. 1450 | |||||||||
| Status | Kingdom | ||||||||
| Capital | Martaban (1287–1364) Donwun (1364–1369) Pegu (1369–1538, 1550–1552) | ||||||||
| Common languages | Mon Old Burmese | ||||||||
| Religion | Theravada Buddhism | ||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||
• 1287–1307 | Wareru | ||||||||
• 1384–1421 | Razadarit | ||||||||
• 1454–1471 | Shin Sawbu | ||||||||
• 1471–1492 | Dhammazedi | ||||||||
• 1492–1526 | Binnya Ran II | ||||||||
| Historical era | Warring states | ||||||||
• Overthrow of Pagan governor | c. January 1285 | ||||||||
• Independence from Pagan | 30 January 1287 | ||||||||
• Vassal of Sukhothai | 1287–1298, 1307–1317, 1330 | ||||||||
| 1385–1424 | |||||||||
• Golden Age | 1426–1534 | ||||||||
| 1534–1541 | |||||||||
• 2nd Fall of Pegu | 12 March 1552 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Myanmar Thailand | ||||||||
The Hanthawaddy kingdom (Mon: ဍုၚ် ဟံသာဝတဳ, [hɔŋsawətɔe]ⓘ; Burmese: ဟံသာဝတီ နေပြည်တော်; also Rone Hongsarwatoi or simply Pegu) was the polity that ruled lower Burma (Myanmar) from 1287 to 1539 and from 1550 to 1552. The Mon-speaking kingdom was founded as Ramaññadesa (Mon: ရးမည, Burmese: ရာမည ဒေသ) by King Wareru following the collapse of the Pagan kingdom in 1287: 205–206, 209 as a nominal vassal state of the Sukhothai kingdom and of the Mongol Yuan dynasty. The kingdom became formally independent of Sukhothai in 1330 but remained a loose federation of three major regional power centres: the Irrawaddy Delta, Bago, and Mottama. Its kings had little or no authority over the vassals. Mottama was in open rebellion from 1363 to 1388.