Burmese chronicles

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_documents
gptkbp:alternativeName yazawin
gptkbp:commissionedBy Burmese kings
gptkbp:compiledBy 11th century
royal scribes
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:Myanmar
gptkbp:coversPeriod ancient to early modern Myanmar
gptkbp:criticizedFor mythological content
royal bias
gptkbp:earliestKnownExample Yazawin Gyi
gptkbp:format gptkb:manuscript
gptkbp:genre history
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Burmese chronicles
gptkbp:influenced later Southeast Asian chronicles
gptkbp:influencedBy Pali chronicles
gptkbp:language Burmese
gptkbp:lastMajorCompilation 19th century
gptkbp:notableExample gptkb:Hmannan_Yazawin
Maha Yazawin
Konbaung Set Yazawin
Toungoo Yazawin
Zatadawbon Yazawin
gptkbp:notablePlace gptkb:diplomat
religious events
natural disasters
court ceremonies
genealogies of kings
accounts of wars
gptkbp:preservedIn gptkb:National_Library_of_Myanmar
universities and monasteries
gptkbp:purpose record royal and national history
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Theravada_Buddhism
gptkb:Burmese_monarchy
Burmese literature
Arakanese chronicles
Mon chronicles
Shan chronicles
gptkbp:significance primary source for Burmese history
gptkbp:studiedBy scholars of Southeast Asia
gptkbp:subject history of Myanmar
gptkbp:translatedInto English
other languages
gptkbp:usedBy historians of Myanmar
gptkbp:usedFor reconstructing Burmese chronology
studying Burmese culture
understanding Southeast Asian history
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Snake_Kingdom
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6