The chronicles down to the 18th century had reported that Pyusawhti, a descendant of a solar spirit and a dragon princess, was the founder of Pagan—hence, Burmese monarchy.

However Hmannan Yazawin, the Royal Chronicle of Konbaung Dynasty proclaimed in 1832 that he was actually a scion of Tagaung Kingdom and traced his lineage all the way to Maha Sammata, the first king of the world in Buddhist mythology.

The remaining egg, in white color, drifted down the Irrawaddy all the way to Nyaung-U, where it was picked up by an elderly childless Pyu peasant couple.

the "Sun King" in Pali) of Tagaung descent, and his wife who had wished for a son at a local shrine in honor of the dragon princess.

[6] Hmannan continues that the young Pyusawhti began his education at seven at the local monastery run by a monk named Yathekyaung.

At 16, c. 149 CE, he left for the recently founded city of Pagan (Bagan) with his favorite bow, and was taken in by an elderly Pyu peasant couple who treated him like a son.

[7] When Thamoddarit died in 152/153 CE, Pyusawhti instead gave the throne to his tutor Yathekyaung who ruled for another 15 years.

He extended his dominion to upper Irrawaddy, recovering the territory which had been lost to the Chinese in the previous years.

According to the British colonial era historian GE Harvey, the Burmese chroniclers likely arranged the lists of rulers of early Burmese polities consecutively, "wishing to portray a continuous lineage stretching back to divine antiquity.