Sanda Thudhamma
| Sanda Thudhamma Raza စန္ဒသုဓမ္မရာဇာ | |||||
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Going around the Palace of Arakanese King Sanda Thudhamma Raza in Mrauk-U, AD 1664 | |||||
| King of Arakan | |||||
| Reign | c. May 1652 - 20 December 1684 | ||||
| Predecessor | Thado of Mrauk-U | ||||
| Successor | Uggabala | ||||
| Born | c. February 1637 Tabaung 983 ME Mrauk U | ||||
| Died | 20 December 1684 (aged 47) Wednesday, 3rd waxing of Pyatho 1030 ME Mrauk U | ||||
| Consort | Radanar-Piya | ||||
| Issue | Uggabala Wara Dhammaraza Thuwanna Kalya | ||||
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| House | Narapatigyi | ||||
| Father | Thado of Mrauk-U | ||||
| Mother | Radanar Kounmari | ||||
| Religion | Theravada Buddhism | ||||
Sanda Thudhamma Raza (Arakanese: စန္ဒသုဓမ္မရာဇာ, February 1637 - 20 December 1684) was 24th king of the Mrauk U Kingdom. He reigned from 1652 to 1674. He lost the control of Chittagong during his reign and the Dutch VOC left in 1664 following their trade agreement in 1653. Due to the loss of Chittagong, the kingdom began to declined and isolated after his death in 1684.
The king built and constructed five prominent pagodas of Mrauk-U which still stood today. After his death in 1684, the kingdom fell into dismantled state which internal struggles of the royal court and subsequents overthrowing of kings became common for the next 100 years till the end of the monarchy came in 1784.
The famous Bengali poet Syed Alaol was the poet in his court. He translated Tohfa at the request of Shrichondro Sudhormo or Sanda Thudhamma.