Thanbula

Thanbula သမ္ဘူလ
Chief queen consort of Burma
Tenure	c. 1100s–1112
Predecessor	Apeyadana
Successor	Yadanabon
Born	c. 1060s Kyaungbyu
Died	? Pagan (Bagan)
Spouse	Kyansittha
Issue	Yazakumar
House	Pagan
Religion	Theravada Buddhism

Thanbula (Burmese: သမ္ဘူလ, pronounced: [θàɴbùla̰]; Trilokavatamsika, U Sauk Pan, or Sambhula, also spelled Thambula) was a chief queen consort of King Kyansittha of the Pagan Dynasty of Burma (Myanmar). She met Kyansittha while he was in exile at Kyaungbyu, and later gave birth to Yazakumar. Kyansittha went back to Bagan (Pagan), and later became king. She found out about it only years later, and showed up at the palace gate with their son. By then Kyansittha, thinking he did not have a male heir, had already anointed his grandson Alaungsithu the heir apparent. Kyansittha made her his chief queen with the title Usaukpan and Yazakumar the titular lord of North Arakan and Seven Hill Tracts.^{[1][2][3]:156}

References

1. Harvey 1925: 39–40
2. Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 279
3. Coedès, George (1968). Walter F. Vella, ed. The Indianized States of Southeast Asia. trans.Susan Brown Cowing. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-0368-1.

Bibliography

• Harvey, G. E. (1925). History of Burma: From the Earliest Times to 10 March 1824. London: Frank Cass & Co. Ltd.
• Royal Historical Commission of Burma (1832). Hmannan Yazawin (in Burmese) 1–3 (2003 ed.). Yangon: Ministry of Information, Myanmar.