Mekkhaya ( my, မက္ခရာ; also spelled Mekkara) is a small town just south of
Mandalay
Mandalay ( or ; ) is the second-largest city in Myanmar, after Yangon. Located on the east bank of the Irrawaddy River, 631km (392 miles) (Road Distance) north of Yangon, the city has a population of 1,225,553 (2014 census).
Mandalay was fo ...
,
Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...
. It was a
co-capital of the
Myinsaing Regency from 1297 to 1313.
Notable people
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Yazathingyan
Yazathingyan ( my, ရာဇသင်္ကြန်, ; 1263 – 1312/13) was a co-founder of Myinsaing Kingdom in present-day Central Burma (Myanmar).Coedès 1968: 209 As a senior commander in the Royal Army of the Pagan Empire, he, along wi ...
: one of the cofounders of
Myinsaing Regency
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Prince of Mekkhaya: 19th-century prince who tried to educational and administrative reforms during the reign of King
Mindon
References
Populated places in Mandalay Region
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