Mhan nanḥ mahārājavaṅ tau krīḥ I

Single-text palm-leaf manuscript being the first bundle of what might have been a five-bundle set. Red lac. covers. Gilded leaves with vermilion band. In its full extent, Mhan nanḥ mahārājavaṅ tau krīḥ is a 38-volume work (organized into five palm-leaf manuscript bundles) belonging to Burmese genre of “great chronicles” that was compiled at the royal court of Ava to serve as an official chronicle of the Konbaung dynasty (1752-1885). It commences with the appearance of the universe in the beginning of the world-cycle and the sequence of eleven Mahasamata kings and continues to trace the lineage of the kings of Majjhimadesa, Tagaung, Thayekhitaya, Pagan, Pinya, Sagaing, Ava, Taungngu/Hanthawady, Inwa, and Konbaung (up to King Badon-min). Extent: One bundle of 214 inscribed and one uninscribed folios (ff. ka - dhi) organized inro six fascicles. Two red lac. covers. Condition of original material: Incomplete manuscript, 6 folios missing. Additional date information: Composed in 1829-1831, copied 1874 Keywords: Buddhism, History. This manuscript contains the following 6 texts: EAP1150/1/239/1: Mhan nanḥ mahārājavaṅ tau krīḥ 1 [Mhan‘ nan‘ʺ mahārājavaṅ‘ to‘ krīʺ 1] Description: Volume one of Mhan nanḥ mahārājavaṅ tau krīḥ covering the kings of Majjhimadesa to the lifetime of the Buddha. Extent: One fascicle of 31 inscribed palm-leaf folios (ff. ka [3] - gha [34]). Condition of original material: incomplete fascicle, 6 folios (ff. kī-ko) missing. Additional date information: Composed in 1829-1831, copied 1874 EAP1150/1/239/2: Mhan nanḥ mahārājavaṅ tau krīḥ 2 [Mhan‘ nan‘ʺ mahārājavaṅ‘ to‘ krīʺ 2] Description: Volume two of Mhan nanḥ mahārājavaṅ tau krīḥ covering the kings of Majjhimadesa from the lifetime of the Buddha to the third century BCE. Extent: One fascicle of 38 inscribed palm-leaf folios (ff. ghā [35] - chi [71]). Additional date information: Composed in 1829-1831, copied 1874 EAP1150/1/239/3: Mhan nanḥ mahārājavaṅ tau krīḥ 3 [Mhan‘ nan‘ʺ mahārājavaṅ‘ to‘ krīʺ 3] Description: Volume three of Mhan nanḥ mahārājavaṅ tau krīḥ covering the events from the thrid century BCE to the eleveth century CE. Extent: One fascicle of 42 inscribed palm-leaf folios (ff. chī [72] - ñño [112]). Additional date information: Composed in 1829-1831, copied 1874 EAP1150/1/239/4: Mhan nanḥ mahārājavaṅ tau krīḥ 4 [Mhan‘ nan‘ʺ mahārājavaṅ‘ to‘ krīʺ 4] Description: Volume four of Mhan nanḥ mahārājavaṅ tau krīḥ covering the events from the eleventh to the twelth centuries. Extent: One fascicle of 38 inscribed palm-leaf folios (ff. ññau [113] - ḍau [150, 212]), contains also replacement folio ḍau [150]. Additional date information: Composed in 1829-1831, copied c. 1874 EAP1150/1/239/5: Mhan nanḥ mahārājavaṅ tau krīḥ 5 [Mhan‘ nan‘ʺ mahārājavaṅ‘ to‘ krīʺ 5] Description: Volume five of Mhan nanḥ mahārājavaṅ tau krīḥ covering the events from the twelth to the late thirteenth centuries. Extent: One fascicle of 32 inscribed palm-leaf folios (ff. ḍaṃ [151] - tū [179]). Additional date information: Composed in 1829-1831, copied 1874 EAP1150/1/239/6: Mhan nanḥ mahārājavaṅ tau krīḥ 6 [Mhan‘ nan‘ʺ mahārājavaṅ‘ to‘ krīʺ 6] Description: Volume six of Mhan nanḥ mahārājavaṅ tau krīḥ covering the events of the fourteenth century. Extent: One fascicle of 33 inscribed palm-leaf folios (ff. te [180] - dhi [211]). Additional date information: Composed in 1829-1831, copied 1874.