Topic summary
Taruk
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Tayoke.
History
During the Mongol invasion of Burma of 1285, King Narathihapate fled in fear of battle, thus earning the title Tarukpyèmeng (also transcripted as "Tarokpyemin"), meaning "the King who fled from the Tayoke." At the end of 1286, Narathihapate dispatched the senior monk Shin Dissapramok to lead a peace delegation to the Yuan capital (Dadu), where they were received by Kublai Khan. Upon his return, the Shin Dissapramok Inscription was erected in Bagan to record the details of the mission. The inscription used "Taruk King" to refer to Kublai Khan, serving as the earliest record of the term. Yazawin Kyaw, which was completed in 1520, used the term "Taruppye Min" to refer to Narathihapate, becaming the earliest Burmese chronicle which mentioned "Tayoke".