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Burma/Myanmar, Kingdom of Arakan, Bodawpaya (1782-1819AD). Silver Tankah Coin.

Denomination: AR Tankah Reference: Mitchiner 2562-2563a. Condition: Minor deposits in fields, otherwise a nice VF+ Mint Period: 1782-1819 AD (Burmese conquest of Arakan by Bodawpaya, king of Ava and Amarapura) Weight: 10.62gm Diameter: 28mm Material: Silver

Obverse: Inscriptions (A Ma Ra Pu Ra Hsin Byu Mya Shin Naing Ngan ("Amarapura, kingdom of the Lord of many White Elephants").

Reverse: Inscriptions (A Ma Ra Pu Ra Hsin Byu Mya Shin Naing Ngan ("Amarapura, kingdom of the Lord of many White Elephants").

Bodawpaya (Burmese: ဘိုးတော်ဘုရား, ; Thai: ปดุง; 11 March 1745 – 5 June 1819) was the sixth king of the Konbaung Dynasty of Burma. Born Maung Shwe Waing and later Badon Min, he was the fourth son of Alaungpaya, founder of the dynasty and the Third Burmese Empire. He was proclaimed king after deposing his nephew Phaungkaza Maung Maung, son of his oldest brother Naungdawgyi, at Ava. Bodawpaya moved the royal capital back to Amarapura in 1782. He was titled Hsinbyumyashin (Lord of the White Elephants), although he became known to posterity as Bodawpaya in relation to his successor, his grandson Bagyidaw (Royal Elder Uncle), who in turn was given this name in relation to his nephew Mindon Min. He fathered 62 sons and 58 daughters by about 200 consorts.

Rakhine State occupies the northern coastline of Myanmar up to the border with Bangladesh and corresponds to the historical Kingdom of Arakan. The history of Rakhine is divided into 7 parts - the independent kingdoms of Dhanyawadi, Waithali, Lemro, Mrauk U, Burmese occupation from 1784 to 1826, British rule from 1826 to 1948 and as a part of independent Burma from 1948.

The Arakanese kingdom was conquered on 31 December 1784 by the Burmese Konbaung Dynasty. In 1826, Arakan was ceded to the British as war reparation after the First Anglo-Burmese War. It became part of the Province of Burma of British India in 1886, after the annexation of Burma by the British. Arakan became part of the Crown Colony of British Burma which was split off from British India in 1937. Northern Rakhine state became a contested battleground throughout the Japanese occupation of Burma. After 1948, Rakhine became part of the newly independent state of Burma. However, the indepedence of Arakan was just in paper after a few years because Myanmenization or nationalism of Myanmar broke up civil war across nationwide. In 1973, Arakan became a state of the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma, designated as the homeland of the Rakhine people.

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