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Bodawpaya

Royal Palace at Amarapura

King of Burma

Prince of Badon

Reign 11 February 1782 5 June 1819[1]

Predecessor Phaungka

Successor Bagyidaw

Consort Min Lun Me

207 queens in total

Issue 62 sons, 58 daughters including:

Thado Minsaw

Full name

Maung Waing

House Konbaung

Father Alaungpaya

Mother Yun San

Born 11 March 1745

Moksobo

Died 5 June 1819 (aged 74)

Amarapura

Burial Amarapura

Religion Theravada Buddhism

Depiction of King Bodawpaya at the

Amarapura palace in 1795 (British

Embassy of Michael Symes).

BodawpayaFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Bodawpaya (Burmese: , pronounced: [bd

pj]; Thai: ; 11 March 1745 5 June 1819) was thesixth king of the Konbaung Dynasty of Burma. Born MaungShwe Waing and later Badon Min, he was the fourth son ofAlaungpaya, founder of the dynasty and the Third BurmeseEmpire. He was proclaimed king after deposing his nephewPhaungkaza Maung Maung, son of his oldest brotherNaungdawgyi, at Ava. Bodawpaya moved the royal capitalback to Amarapura in 1782. He was titled Hsinbyumyashin(Lord of the White Elephants), although he became known toposterity as Bodawpaya in relation to his successor, hisgrandson Bagyidaw (Royal Elder Uncle), who in turn wasgiven this name in relation to his nephew Mindon Min. He

fathered 62 sons and 58 daughters by about 200 consorts.[1]

Contents

1 Military expeditions2 Religion and culture3 References4 Bibliography5 External links

Military expeditions

Also known asBodaw U Waing, heinvaded Arakan in1784 sending hisroyal armies led byhis son, the HeirApparent ThadoMinsaw, across theWestern Yoma rangeof mountains. Thecapital of ArakanMrauk U wascaptured on the last of 1784. The Mahamuni Buddha image, amongother treasures such as the Khmer bronze statues, were brought back tomainland Burma; these can still be seen in Mandalay. Also taken were20,000 captives as slaves to pagodas and temples, and the nobility atAmarapura. Once Arakan was annexed as a province of Burma, her

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Bodawpaya's tomb in Amarapura.

borders became contiguous with British India. The Arakanese revolted in 1794, and the British Governor ofIndia Sir John Shore (later Lord Teignmouth) sent Captain Michael Symes on an embassy, fully equipped togather as much information as possible about the country, to the Court of Ava as the kingdom was still known to

the outside world.[2][3] Bodawpaya invaded Siam in 1785, and was defeated.[2][3] The Governor of Tavoyrevolted in 1791 with the aid of the Siamese, but a punitive expedition sent by Bodawpaya by sea laid siege

ending in peace negotiations in 1793 and the ceding of the Tenasserim coast to the Burmese.[3] He invadedSiam again in 1809, but was fended off by Maha Senanurak and the heroines, Chan and Mook.

In 1816, the Ahom governor of Guwahati in Assam, Badan Chandra Borphukan visited the court of Bodawpayato seek help in order to defeat his political rival Purnananda Burhagohain, the Prime Minister of AhomKingdom in Assam. A strong force of 16,000 under the command of Gen. Maha Minhla Minkhaung was sentwith Badan Chandra Borphukan. The Burmese force entered Assam in January, 1817 and defeated theAssamese force in the battle of Ghiladhari. Meanwhile, Purnananda Burhagohain died, and RuchinathBurhagohain, the son of Purnananda Burahgohain fled to Guwahati. The reigning Ahom king ChandrakantaSingha came in terms with Badan Chandra Borphukan and his Burmese allies. The King appointed BadanChandra Borphukan as Mantri Phukan (Prime Minister) and an Ahom princess Hemo Aideo was given formarriage to Burmese King Bodawpaya along with many gifts. The Burmese force retired from Assam soonafter. A year later, Badan Chandra Borphukan was assassinated and the Ahom king Chandrakanta Singha wasdeposed by rival political faction led by Ruchinath Burhagohain, the son of Purnananda Burhagohain .Chandrakanta Singha and the friends of Badan Chandra Borphukan appeal for help to Bodawpaya. In February1819, the Burmese forces invaded Assam for second time and reinstalled Chandrakanta Singha on the throne of

Assam.[4][5]

Religion and culture

Bodawpaya proclaimed himself the next messianic Buddha or Maitreya

(Areimmadeiya), but his claim was firmly rejected by the Sangha.[6][7]

During his reign, scholarship flourished due to the discipline andstability achieved by establishing a chapter of Sangharajas or seniormonks charged with the responsibility of safeguarding the purity of theSangha. He had successfully arbitrated in favour of orthodoxy to coverboth shoulders on the alms round in the controversy concerning thecorrect way of wearing the robes, and the Order of Monks was unifiedunder the Thudhamma order. Burma became the custodian of Buddhismin the region, and the upasampada ordination was re-introduced to Sri

Lanka where it established the Amarapura Nikaya.[7]

In 1790 Bodawpaya began the construction of a gigantic stupa called Mantalagyi (Great Royal Stupa) atMingun, 11 km up the River Irrawaddy from Mandalay on the west bank. It was however never finished after aprophecy went round saying Payagyi l apyi that, moksoe thonnya kap "Once the great pagoda has beenwrought, the Moksoe dynasty will come to nought" ( ). It was meantto have stood 150 metres, tall enough to be seen from Shwebo in the west, the birthplace of the dynasty,towering above the Minwun Hills. An earthquake in 1838 left huge fissures in the structure, and also caused theheads of the two gigantic chinthes to fall into the river. There was also a gigantic 90 ton bell dedicated to the

stupa called the Mingun Bell, cast between 1808 and 1810.[8][9] It was the largest ringing bell in the world, as

the larger bell in Moscow Kremlin called the Tsar bell is broken,[10] until the larger Bell of Good Luck was castand first rung for the new year in 2000. During his reign Bodawpaya also proved to be a great patron of theperforming arts; he appointed a minister called Thabin Wun (), and established strict regulations by


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The unfinished Mantalagyi Stupa,

intended to be the largest stupa in the

world

royal decree ( a meint daw).[11] He also ordered a major

economic survey of the kingdom in 1784.[6]

Bodawpaya was succeeded after his death in 1819 by his grandson,Prince of Sagaing, who later became known as Bagyidaw. The Heir

Apparent, father of Bagyidaw, had died in 1808.[1]

References

Christopher Buyers. "The Konbaung Dynasty Genealogy: KingBodawpaya" (http://www.royalark.net/Burma/konbaun4.htm).royalark.net. Retrieved 2009-10-03.

1.

D.G.E.Hall (1960). Burma (http://mission.itu.ch/MISSIONS/Myanmar/Burma/bur_history.pdf) (PDF). HutchinsonUniversity Library. pp. 9395.

2.

Michael Symes (1800). An Account of an Embassy to the Kingdom of Ava, sent by the Governor-General of India, inthe year 1795 (http://web.soas.ac.uk/burma/4.1files/4.1Symes.pdf) (PDF). London: W. Bulmer & Co. pp. 3940.Retrieved 2007-03-15.

3.

E. A. Gait 1926 A History of Assam: 2252274. Dr. S.K. Bhuyan 1968 Tungkhungia Buranji or A History of Assam(16811826) : 1972035. "Bodawpaya" (http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9080353/Bodawpaya). Encyclopaedia Britannica Online.6. Bischoff, Roger (1995). Buddhism in Myanmar A Short History (http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/bud-myanmar.pdf) (PDF). Kandy, Sri Lanka: Buddhist Publication Society. pp. 110118.

7.

"Mingun" (http://www.myanmars.net/myanmar-travel/myanmar-mandalay/mingun.htm). Myanmar's Net Inc.Retrieved 2007-03-14.

8.

"The Mingun Bell" (http://www.myanmars.net/myanmar-museum/largest-ringing-bell.htm). Myanmar's Net Inc.Retrieved 2007-03-14.

9.

"The World's Three Largest Bells" (http://www.russianbells.com/interest/biggest.html). Blagovest Bells. Retrieved2007-03-14.

10.

Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt (1998). "King Bodawpaya's Dramatic Performance Law" (http://www.myanmar.gov.mm/Perspective/persp1998/1-98/bod1-98.htm). Perspective. Retrieved 2007-03-14.

11.

Bibliography

Charney, Michael W. (2006). Powerful Learning: Buddhist Literati and the Throne in Burma's LastDynasty, 17521885. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan.Koenig, William J. "The Burmese Polity, 17521819: Politics, Administration, and Social Organization inthe early Kon-baung Period", Michigan Papers on South and Southest Asia, Number 34, 1990.Lieberman, Victor B. Political Consolidation in Burma Under the Early Konbaung Dynasty, 1752-c.1820. Journal of Asia History 30.2 (1996): 152168.Hall, D.G.E. (1960). Burma (3rd edition ed.). Hutchinson University Library. ISBN 978-1406735031.Harvey, G. E. (1925). History of Burma: From the Earliest Times to 10 March 1824. London: Frank Cass& Co. Ltd.Htin Aung, Maung (1967). A History of Burma. New York and London: Cambridge University Press.Letwe Nawrahta and Twinthin Taikwun (c. 1770). Hla Thamein, ed. Alaungpaya Ayedawbon (inBurmese) (1961 ed.). Ministry of Culture, Union of Burma.Maung Maung Tin, U (1905). Konbaung Hset Maha Yazawin (in Burmese) 13 (2004 ed.). Yangon:Department of Universities History Research, University of Yangon.Myint-U, Thant (2006). The River of Lost FootstepsHistories of Burma. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.ISBN 978-0-374-16342-6.


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Phayre, Lt. Gen. Sir Arthur P. (1883). History of Burma (1967 ed.). London: Susil Gupta.

External links

Wanderings in Burma by George W Bird, 1897 (http://dlxs.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=sea;cc=sea;sid=1a1bb1c6438db3e9379d92a66cb790c5;rgn=full%20text;idno=sea282;view=image;seq=462) F J Bright & Son, London, pp 316A, 318, 318A, 320A inc. old photos of Mingun by SignorBeaton of Mandalay

BodawpayaKonbaung Dynasty

Born: 11 March 1745 Died: 5 June 1819

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Preceded byPhaungka

King of Burma11 February 1782 5 June 1819

Succeeded byBagyidaw

Royal titles

Preceded byPrince of Badon

17641782Succeeded by

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