King Maṅḥ Co Mvan’s Exile in Bengal: Legend, History, and Context

By JACQUES P. LEIDER and Kyaw Minn Htin (January 2002)

An outline of the rule of King Maṅḥ Co Mvan can be sketched as follows. He became king in 1404, ruled for two years, when a Burmese invasion forced him to abandon the throne and f lee into exile to the “West.” This term would imply a place somewhere in Bengal or India. The exile lasted for about twenty years, much less according to some sources. The king regained his throne thanks to military backing from a Western, supposedly Indian ruler and came back to Launggrak (Loṅḥ krak) around 1428 and founded Mrauk U in sakkarāj 792 (1430 CE), a year all the sources agree upon.

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