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Pwa Saw of Thitmahti

d. 1334

Chief queen consort of Pagan

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About Pwa Saw of Thitmahti

Pwa Saw of Thitmahti (, or ) was the chief queen consort of King Kyawswa, and of King Saw Hnit of the Pagan Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar). The royal chronicles identify Saw Soe as the chief queen of Kyawswa but historians identify her as the chief queen. She was the mother of Crown Prince Theingapati and Kumara Kassapa.

Thitmahti was one of the three historical Pagan period queens known by the epithet of Pwa Saw (lit. "Queen Grandmother", or queen dowager). According to an analysis of the contemporary stone inscriptions by Ba Shin, she was a younger sister of Queen Saw Hla Wun, and she may have succeeded her sister as the chief queen only in 1295/96. (A 1302 stone inscription found near the Thitmahti pagoda states that "on Friday, the 12th waxing of Waso 664 ME [Thursday, 7 June 1302], Queen Pwa Saw's sister dedicated a brick monastery on the land granted to her by the king, after she was raised to the throne after the death of her sister..."). The inscription also states that her aunt was a queen consort of King Kyaswa.

But not everyone accepts that Hla Wun was a queen of Kyawswa, two decades her junior, or that Thitmahti was a sister of Hla Wun.

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Important facts

Born
Bagan
Died
1334, Bagan

Family & relationships

Spouse
Kyawswa of Pagan
Spouse
Saw Hnit
Child
Kumara Kassapa
Child
Theingapati

Frequently asked questions

Who was Pwa Saw of Thitmahti?

chief queen consort of Pagan

When was Pwa Saw of Thitmahti born?

Pwa Saw of Thitmahti was born in Bagan.

When did Pwa Saw of Thitmahti die?

Pwa Saw of Thitmahti died in 1334 in Bagan.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Pwa Saw of Thitmahti

· Wikidata: Q24969334

· DBpedia: Pwa Saw of Thitmahti

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