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Kyaswa

Type Figure Region Pagan Time 1198–1250 Also known as Kyaswa、ကျစွာ、Śrī Tribhuvanāditya Pavarapaṇḍita Dhammarāja

Kyaswa (c. 1198–1250) was King of Pagan; after acceding in 1235 he pursued devout Buddhist policies, granting heavily to monasteries and expanding ta…

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  1. 1241–1249Pagan · Mandalay RegionIn his later years Kyaswa grew ever more devout, continually donating land and goods to monasteries; the area of tax-exempt temple lands kept expanding and the state tax base shrank severely. Records say the royal treasury was so empty that even a single pagoda project could not be completed for lack of funds; though Pagan still maintained outward peace, its strength was far below Anawrahta's era.
  2. 1250Pagan · Mandalay RegionKyaswa died around 1250 and was succeeded by his son Ussana. His sixteen-year reign marked Pagan's transition from prosperity to decline; his successors could not reverse the fiscal crisis and regional centrifugal forces, and the empire finally collapsed decades later.

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