Alaungsithu

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Alaungsithu ( Burmese : အလောင်း စည်သူ , spoken [ʔəláuɴ sìθù], also called Sithu I, full throne name Sri Tribhuwanaditya Pavarapandita Sudhammaraja Mahadhipati Narapatisithu ; * around 1090 in Bagan ; † 1167 ibid) was king of Bagan in what is now Myanmar from 1113.

ancestry

Alaungsithu was the great grandson of Anawrahta (ruled 1044 to 1078) and grandson of King Sawlu (ruled 1077 to 1084), his mother was Shwe Einsi, a daughter of King Kyanzittha (ruled 1084 to 1112), and his father was called Sawyun .

government

Alaungsithu was busy suppressing insurrections and revolts in Tenasserim and northern Arakan during the first half of his reign . According to an inscription in Pali found near Mergui , Tenasserim's inhabitants later pledged allegiance to Bagan. The rightful ruler in Arakan had been driven to Bagan by a usurper , where he eventually died. With the help of Alaungsithus, the rightful heir was able to ascend to the throne of Arakans.

Alaungsithus made his own picture of the situation in the country on long journeys through his rulership and had many buildings built in honor of Buddha , the most important of which is probably the Thatbinnyu Temple (inauguration 1144). These journeys, more like pilgrimages, form the main theme of the annals of his reign. His long absence from the palace also led to problems with the administration of the country, so that it appeared to be disorder.

His earliest large temple building should have been the Shwegugyi, in which there is an inscription with roughly the following text: "There was a wise king who always lovingly lent his ear to the good, his name is ..." The text could be from a Be a tragedy. Because in the Shwegugyi, literally "Great Golden Cave" ("Gu" means cave as well as temple), this king, decrepit and near the end, was smothered to be safe by his son Narathu, who was hungry for power, who then took the throne mounted. As Min Sithu, Alaungsithu became a Nat spirit after his death according to Burmese popular belief. He is listed as 31st in the listing of the 37 official nat according to RC Temple and is usually shown sitting on a throne in royal dress, one knee raised, one foot on the seat.

literature

Wolfmar Zacken - Burma / Myanmar Art - Culture - Land - Life - History - Present . 1st edition Edition Zacke, 2013 ISBN 978-3-9503553-0-7 , http://www.burma-myanmar-info.com/buch

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Taw Sein Ko and CO Blagden: The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1911, p. 216.
  2. ↑ Hall (1960), pp. 21f.
  3. ↑ Wolfmar Zacken - Burma / Myanmar Art - Culture - Land - Life - History - Present
  4. ↑ Wolfmar Zacken - Burma / Myanmar Art - Culture - Land - Life - History - Present
personal data
SURNAME Alaungsithu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION King of Bagan
DATE OF BIRTH around 1090
PLACE OF BIRTH Bagan
DATE OF DEATH 1167
Place of death Bagan