Myazedi inscription (the Burmese 'Rosetta Stone')
Inscripción de Myazedi (la «piedra de Rosetta» birmana)
- Date
- 1112-1113 · confidence medium
- Place
- Myinkaba, Bagan, Mandalay Region, Myanmar
- Credited to
- Prince Rajakumar, son of King Kyansittha
- Field
- Knowledge & symbols
What was discovered
Stelae bearing the same text in Pyu, Mon, Old Burmese and Pali, set up beside the Myazedi pagoda. It was the key to deciphering Pyu, the language of Burma's first city-states, and preserves one of the oldest dated Burmese texts.
The date is Burmese Era 474 (1112 or 1113 depending on conversion). Some earlier dated Burmese inscriptions are disputed for authenticity.
What it led to
- decipherment of Pyu (1911-1920) and the history of the Pyu city-states
- reference for Burmese script and the Pyu–Mon–Burmese transitions
- evidence for the political structure of the Bagan kingdom