Pinya Kingdom

Kingdom of Pinya
ပင်းယခေတ်
Kingdom
1313–1365
Pinya Kingdom c. 1350
Capital		Pinya
Languages		Burmese (official) Mon, Shan
Religion		Theravada Buddhism, Ari Buddhism, Animism
Government		Monarchy
King
•	1313–25	Thihathu
•	1325–40	Uzana I
•	1344–50	Kyawswa I
•	1359–64	Narathu
Regent
•	1340–44	Sithu
Legislature		Hluttaw
Historical era		Warring states
•	Myinsaing Regency founded	17 December 1297
•	Pinya Kingdom founded	7 February 1313
•	Sagaing secession	1315–17 (de facto) 1325 (de jure)
•	Uzana I–Kyawswa I rivalry	1325–44
•	Toungoo secession	1358–59
•	Maw raids	1358–64
•	Ava Kingdom founded	26 February 1365
Area
•	1313	140,000 km² (54,054 sq mi)
•	1325	100,000 km² (38,610 sq mi)
•	1360	80,000 km² (30,888 sq mi)
Preceded by Succeeded by Myinsaing Kingdom Sagaing Kingdom Ava Kingdom
Today part of		Myanmar

The Pinya Kingdom (Burmese: ပင်းယခေတ်, pronounced: [pɪ́ɴja̰ kʰɪʔ]) was the kingdom that ruled Central Myanmar (Burma) from 1313 to 1365. It was the successor state of Myinsaing, the polity that controlled much of Upper Burma between 1297 and 1313. Founded as the de jure successor state of the Pagan Empire by Thihathu, Pinya faced internal divisions from the start. The northern province of Sagaing led by Thihathu's eldest son Saw Yun successfully fought for autonomy in 1315−17, and formally seceded in 1325 after Thihathu's death.

The rump Pinya Kingdom was left embroiled in an intense rivalry between Thihathu's other sons Uzana I and Kyawswa I until 1344. Pinya had little control over its vassals; its southernmost vassals Toungoo (Toungoo) and Prome (Pyay) were practically independent. Central authority briefly returned during Kyawswa I's reign (1344−50) but broke down right after his death. In the 1350s, Kyawswa II repaired Pinya's long-strained relationship with Sagaing, in order to face off against the northern Shan state of Maw. The two Maw raids in 1358–59 and 1362–63 thoroughly devastated Pinya's countryside during which Toungoo successfully broke away. Narathu switched sides and aided the Maw attack on Sagaing in 1363–64. But after the Maw troops sacked both Sagaing and Pinya in succession in 1364, Thihathu's great grandson Thado Minbya of Sagaing seized both devastated capitals in 1364, and founded the Ava Kingdom in 1365.