Kyaswa Royalty
This article is about the king named Kyaswa of Pagan, not to be confused with Kyawswa of Pagan. For the king of Sagaing, see Kyaswa of Sagaing.Kyaswa (Burmese: ကျစွာ, pronounced: [tɕa̰zwà]; 1198–1251) was king of Pagan dynasty of Burma (Myanmar) from 1235 to 1251. Kyaswa succeeded his father Htilominlo and was even more devout. Kyaswa's reign like his father's was largely peaceful but the depletion of the royal treasury due to large tax-free religious landholdings became more pronounced. The royal treasury was so depleted that Kyaswa had trouble completing a temple. The empire founded by Anawrahta over two centuries earlier was still peaceful but already on its last legs, unprepared for the internal disorders and external forces that were to come.