, image = , caption = , reign = 1305 – 1344 , coronation = , succession = Viceroy of Prome , predecessor = Pazzawta (as governor) , successor = Saw Yan Naung (as governor) , suc-type = Successor , reg-type = , regent = , spouse = , issue = , issue-link = , issue-pipe = , full name = , house =

Pagan Paganism (from classical Latin ''pāgānus'' "rural", "rustic", later "civilian") is a term first used in the fourth century by early Christians for people in the Roman Empire who practiced polytheism, or ethnic religions other than Judaism. ...

, father = Narathihapate , mother = Shin Mauk?(Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 214) says Kyaswa was a younger brother of Thihathu of Prome. If he was a full brother, then his mother would be Shin Mauk. However, he could have been a half-brother. , birth_date = 1260s , birth_place =

(Bagan)?
Pagan Kingdom , death_date = 1344 , death_place = Prome (Pyay)
Pinya Kingdom , date of burial = , place of burial = , religion = Theravada Buddhism , signature = Kyaswa ( my, ကျစွာ, ) was viceroy of Prome (Pyay) from 1305 to 1344.Standard chronicles '' Maha Yazawin'' and '' Hmannan Yazawin'' are internally inconsistent. (Maha Yazawin Vol. 2 2006: 163) and (Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 214) say that Kyaswa died, having been in office for 39 years, and was succeeded by Saw Yan Naung in 685 ME (29 March 1323 to 28 March 1324). But the chronicles (Maha Yazawin Vol. 1 2006: 280) and (Hmannan Vol. 1 2003: 403) themselves say that Yan Naung became governor of Prome after Kyawswa I of Pinya had become king in 704 ME (29 March 1342 to 28 March 1343). (Per contemporary inscriptional evidence (Than Tun 1959: 124), Kyawswa I became undisputed king on 29 March 1344. Thus Yan Naung most probably became governor only on or after 29 March 1344.) He was a younger brother of the patricide governor Thihathu of Prome, and son of King Narathihapate of

.Hmannan Vol. 2 2003: 214

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