Yathekyaung

Yathekyaung
ရသေ့ကြောင်
King of Pagan
Reign152 – 167 CE
PredecessorThamoddarit
SuccessorPyusawhti
Born62
Died167 (aged 105)
Pagan (Bagan)

Yathekyaung (Burmese: ရသေ့ကြောင်, pronounced [jəθe̯ dʑàʊɰ̃]; also spelled Rathekyaung) was a semi-legendary king of Pagan Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar). According to 18th and 19th century Burmese chronicles Maha Yazawin and Hmannan Yazawin he was a monk and the tutor of Pyusawhti, who put him on the throne. He is not accepted as a king by some modern historians.