Dhammazedi (King of Hanthawaddy)

Timeline

1. c. 1450–1471Pegu · BurmaDhammazedi was born into a commoner family in the Tharawaddy area of Lower Burma. Ordained young, he studied the Vinaya and Tipitaka at Pegu and elsewhere, gaining deep learning that laid the intellectual foundation for his later rule on Buddhist principles.
2. 1472–1480Pegu · BurmaAfter acceding, Dhammazedi introduced Buddhist precepts into court and local governance, reformed the sangha hierarchy and systems of almsgiving, and began planning nationwide religious legislation based on the Pali Tipitaka.
3. 1476–1492Pegu · BurmaFrom 1476 he promulgated religious legislative texts such as the Kalyani Inscriptions, unifying monastic discipline and ordination rituals; he then continued consolidating Hanthawaddy rule over Lower Burma and died in 1492.