Alaungsithu

Alaungsithu ( Burmese: အလောင်း စည်သူ spoken, [ ʔəláuɴ sìθù ], also Sithu I called, full throne name Sri Tribhuwanaditya Pavarapandita Sudhammaraja Mahadhipati Narapatisithu; * around 1090 in Bagan, † 1167 same place ) was King of Bagan in Myanmar today from 1113.

Descent

Alaungsithu was the great grandson of Anawrahta (r. 1044-1078 ) and grandson of King Sawlu (reigned 1077-1084 ), his mother was Einsi Shwe, a daughter of King Kyanzittha (r. 1084-1112 ), and his father called Sawyun.

Government

Alaungsithu was busy during the first half of his reign with the suppression of uprisings and revolts in Tenasserim and northern Arakan. According to an inscription in Pali, which has been found in Mergui, residents Tenasserims acclaimed later allegiance to Bagan. The rightful rulers of Arakan had been driven by a usurper to Bagan, where he eventually died. With the help Alaungsithus the rightful heir could ascend to the throne Arakans.

Alaungsithus set out on long journeys through his territory its own picture of the situation in the country and left many monuments in honor of Buddha's building, whose main temple is probably the Thatbinnyu ( inauguration in 1144 ). These trips, rather pilgrimages, which forms the most important issue of the Annals of his reign. But his prolonged absence from the palace has also led to problems in the administration of the country, so it obviously came to disorder.

His earliest major temple was probably the Shwegugyi in which there is an inscription presenting the following text: " As a king was wise, the good guy always lovingly lent his hearing, his name is ... " This could be the text of a his tragedy. For in the Shwegugyi, literally " Big golden cave " ( " Gu " means just cave like temples ), was this king, decrepit already and the end near, suffocated by his greedy for power son Narathu a precaution, the then the throne ascended. As Min Sithu Alaungsithu after his death according to the Burmese people to believe a Nat spirit. He is in the list of 37 official Nat by RC Temple is listed as 31 and is usually depicted sitting on a throne in royal apparel, raised one knee, his foot on the seat