About “Yazawin Thit”
Maha Yazawin Thit is a national chronicle of Burma (Myanmar) completed in 1798. It was the first effort by the Konbaung court to update and verify the accuracy of Maha Yazawin, the official chronicle of the previous Toungoo Dynasty. The author, Twinthin Taikwun Maha Sithu, used several written sources and over 600 stone inscriptions collected from across the kingdom between 1783 and 1793. Maha Yazawin Thit is recognized as the first historical document in Southeast Asia to be compiled with the help of epigraphic evidence. (Summary adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.)
Book details
- First published
- 1798