About “Maha Yazawin”
The Maha Yazawin is the first national chronicle of Burma/Myanmar, completed in 1724 by U Kala, a historian at the Toungoo court. It was the first work to compile and synthesize ancient, regional, foreign, and biographic histories related to Burmese history. Before its creation, Burmese histories were limited to biographies and short local chronicles. The Maha Yazawin became the foundation for all later histories of the country, including the earliest English language histories of Burma written in the late 19th century. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)
Book details
- First published
- 1724
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