Bodawpaya

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Bodawpaya was a powerful late-18th-century Burmese king known for expanding the Konbaung Empire and initiating grand religious and architectural projects, including the unfinished Mingun Pagoda.

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Label Occurrences
King Bodawpaya 7
Bodawpaya canonical 6
Bodawpaya of the Konbaung Dynasty 1

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Burmese monarch
King of Burma
human
alsoKnownAs Badon Min
Bodaw-hpayā
Hsinbyushin’s son Prince of Badon
birthDate 1745-03-11
birthPlace Sagaing, Burma
capitalEstablished Amarapura
child Bagyidaw
Prince of Sagaing
conquered Arakan
Manipur
countryOfCitizenship Burma
linked to: Myanmar

Konbaung Dynasty
deathDate 1819-06-05
deathPlace Amarapura, Burma
linked to: Amarapura
dynasty Konbaung dynasty
linked to: Konbaung Dynasty
eraName Badon Era
father Alaungpaya
fullName Bodawpaya
governmentForm absolute monarchy
implemented religious orthodoxy measures
knownFor attempt to build the world’s largest pagoda at Mingun
expansion of the Konbaung Empire
large-scale religious construction projects
religious reforms in Burma
strict centralization of royal authority
languageSpoken Burmese
militaryConflict conflicts with Siam (Thailand)
wars against Arakan
mother Queen Yadana Dewi
notableWork Mingun Bell
Mingun Pahtodawgyi (Mingun Pagoda)
orderedConstructionOf Mingun Bell
Mingun Pahtodawgyi
patronOf Buddhist Sangha
linked to: Sangha
positionHeld King of Burma
predecessor Singu Min
regionRuled Arakan
Manipur
Upper Burma
reignEnd 1819
reignStart 1782
religion Theravada Buddhism
linked to: Theravada
residence Amarapura Palace
spouse Me Lun Me
Me Nu
linked to: Nanmadaw Me Nu
successor Bagyidaw
title Hsinbyumyashin (Lord of the White Elephant)

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Konbaung Dynasty notableRuler Bodawpaya
Amarapura foundedBy King Bodawpaya
linked to: Bodawpaya
King Bagyidaw predecessor King Bodawpaya
linked to: Bodawpaya
King Bagyidaw heirApparentOf King Bodawpaya
linked to: Bodawpaya
Bagyidaw predecessor Bodawpaya
Alaungpaya child Bodawpaya
Bodawpaya fullName Bodawpaya
Mingun Pahtodawgyi commissionedBy King Bodawpaya
subject linked to: Mingun
linked to: Bodawpaya
Mingun Bell commissionedBy King Bodawpaya
subject linked to: Mingun
linked to: Bodawpaya
Mingun Pahtodawgyi commissionedBy King Bodawpaya
linked to: Bodawpaya
Mingun Pahtodawgyi commissionedBy Bodawpaya of the Konbaung Dynasty
linked to: Bodawpaya
Tharrawaddy Min father Bodawpaya
Maha Myat Muni Buddha transportedBy King Bodawpaya
linked to: Bodawpaya