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Yathekyaung

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Reign
  
152 – 167 CE

Successor
  
Pyusawhti

Predecessor
  
Thamoddarit

Died
  
Bagan, Myanmar (Burma)

Yathekyaung (Burmese: ရသေ့ကြောင်, [jəθe̯ dʑàʊɴ]; also spelled Rathekyaung) was a semi-legendary king of Pagan Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar). According to 18th and 19th century Burmese chronicles Maha Yazawin and Hmannan Yazawin he was a monk and the tutor of Pyusawhti, who put him on the throne. He is not accepted as a king by some modern historians.

References

Yathekyaung Wikipedia