Broken Glass: Pieces of Myanmar History

In 1829 Bagyidaw (1819-1838), seventh king of the Konbaung dynasty, appointed a Royal Commision of learned monks,  laymen and brahmins to revise the existing chronicles and to compile a new one. Although earliest extant Myanmar chronicle dated back to the early 16th century this was the first time ever that a Royal Commision was appointed to produce a chronicle which would bear the stamp of royal approval. The expressed reason for the work of the Commision was that there were several versions of the chronicles in the existence, that these versions were at variance one with another, and that there was needless repetition in these various chronicles.