'History of Kings'), more commonly known as Bago Yazawin, is a Mon language chronicle that covers 17 dynasties from the legendary times to the Hanthawaddy period.
As the Hmannan Yazawin chronicle would follow later, Slatpat linked its kings to the Buddha and Buddhist mythology.
[note 3] The version used by Phayre was based on the Burmese translation by Shwe Kya, of a manuscript by Sayadaw Athwa.
Phayre stated that "the chronology of the narrative is very confused", and that "neither the author nor the translator, however, has attempted to correct the manifest errors which exist.
[note 4] Schmidt's manuscript states that the town was founded on the 1st waxing of the month of Mak of 1116 BE (c. 19 January 573 CE).