Shin Mahāsīlavaṃsa

Kalyani Inscriptions

1479 · Dhammazedi

The Kalyani Inscriptions, located in Bago, Myanmar, are stone inscriptions constructed by King Dhammazedi of Hanthawaddy Pegu between 1476 and 1479.…

Yazawin Kyaw

1502 · Shin Mahāsīlavaṃsa

Yazawin Kyaw is an early 16th-century Burmese Buddhist chronicle that documents Buddhist religious history and Burmese history. It serves as a…

Jinakalamali

1527 · Ratanapañña Thera

Jinakālamālī is a Chiang Mai chronicle that focuses on religious history and includes information on early Lan Na kings up to 1516 or 1517. It is…

Nidana Arambhakatha

1538

*Nidāna Ārambhakathā* is a Mon language chronicle that is part of a larger work known as *Ramann'-uppatti-dipaka*. The surviving copy of *Nidāna*…

Shwezigon Pagoda Bell Inscription

1557 · Bayinnaung

The Shwezigon Pagoda Bell Inscription is a multi-language text found on a bell at the Shwezigon Pagoda in Bagan, Myanmar. It was created by King…

Hanthawaddy Hsinbyushin Ayedawbon

1579

Hanthawaddy Hsinbyushin Ayedawbon is a 16th-century Burmese chronicle that focuses on King Bayinnaung of the Toungoo Dynasty. It is a biographic…

Gavampati

1710

Gavampati is a Mon language chronicle that records legendary early history. The only surviving palm-leaf manuscript is dated by H.L. Shorto to around…

Maha Yazawin

1724 · U Kala

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…

Alaung Mintayagyi Ayedawbon

1752

Alaung Mintayagyi Ayedawbon, also known as Alaungpaya Ayedawbon, is a biographic chronicle of King Alaungpaya of the Konbaung Dynasty. It is one of…

Alaungpaya Ayedawbon

1752

Alaungpaya Ayedawbon is a biographic chronicle of King Alaungpaya of the Konbaung Dynasty. It is one of two similar texts that describe the king's…