Athinhkaya

Athinkhaya အသင်္ခယာ
Co-Regent of Myinsaing
Reign	17 December 1297 – 13 April 1310
Predecessor	new office
Successor	Thihathu (King of Myinsaing–Pinya)
Viceroy of Myinsaing
Reign	19 February 1293 – 17 December 1297
Predecessor	new office
Successor	Sithu of Pinya
Born	1261/62 623 ME Myinsaing
Died	13 April 1310 (aged 49) Full moon of Kason 672 ME Myinsaing
Burial	Myinsaing
Consort	Saw U
House	Myinsaing
Father	Theinkha Bo
Mother	Lady Myinsaing
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

Athinkhaya (Burmese: အသင်္ခယာ, pronounced [ʔəθɪ̀ɴ kʰəjà]; also spelled Athinhkaya; c. 1261 – 1310) was a co-founder of Myinsaing Kingdom in present-day Central Burma (Myanmar). As a senior commander in the Royal Army of the Pagan Empire, he, along with his two younger brothers Yazathingyan and Thihathu, led Pagan's successful defense of central Burma against the Mongol invasions in 1287. Following the collapse of the Pagan Empire, the brothers became rivals of King Kyawswa of Pagan in central Burma, and overthrew him in December 1297, nine months after Kyawswa became a Mongol vassal. They successfully defended the second Mongol invasion (1300–01), and emerged the sole rulers of central Burma.

Athinkhaya was born c. 1261/62 to a prominent family in Myinsaing in Central Burma. His father Theinkha Bo was a younger brother of the sawbwa (chief) of Binnaka, and had fled to Myinsaing after a dispute with his brother in 1260. Traditional (British colonial era) scholarship identifies his father as an ethnic Shan. But the historian Michael Aung-Thwin has rejected the assertion, given that no historical evidence any kind exists to support the claim. At any rate, Theinkha Bo married a daughter of a wealthy banker at Myinsaing. Athinkhaya was the eldest of the couple's four children. He had two younger brothers Yazathingyan and Thihathu, and a younger sister Hla Myat.

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