Sanda Parama

King of Arakan

Sanda Parama Raza
စန္ဒပရမရာဇာ

King of Arakan

Reign

4 February 1762 - 1 May 1764

Coronation

4 February 1762

Predecessor

Thirithu

Successor

Apaya

Born

1103 ME

Died

1st waxing of Nayon, 1126 ME (aged 23)

Consort

Aung Kyawt San (အောင်ကြော့စံ)

Issue

at least one son (his name is not recorded in coronicles)

Names
Shwenanthakin Sandaparama Raza ရွှေနန်းသခင် စန္ဒပရမရာဇာ

Father

Nara Apaya

Mother

unknown

Religion

Theravada Buddhism

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Sanda Parama (Arakanese:စန္ဒပရမ, 1741- 1764) was a king of the Mrauk-U Dynasty of Arakan. Under his reign, the 1762 Arakan earthquake that destroyed much of infrastructure and agricultural lands of Arakan led to the dethroning of the king.

During his short reign, the earthquake of 1762 damaged much of Arakan's agricultural production that ultimately caused great famine and political turmoil which eventually turned to regional revolts in planning to overthrown dynasty headed by the Lord of Ramree and governor of Launggyet, and the general of Cheduba Island where they asked for aid of Burmese King, Naungdawgyi.

The Burmese king Naungdawgyi, dispatched 50,000 armed intruders led by vice general Shwe Pyi Wan. Where heavy fighting was reported in southern Arakan, however the invading armies were initially crushed and forced to retreat.

References

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