Yupar
Regina Iudaeorum
Saw Yupar of Pagan
According to the Chronicles, the Buddhism that was reintroduced by Asoka's mission flourished not only at Thaton and Prome, but also in the new kingdom of Pagan, until the reign of King Thaik Taing (A.D. 514 - 521), when it started to decay. The reasons given by the Chronicles for this decay were, firstly, that there was no copy of the Buddhist scriptures present in the new kingdom and, secondly, that a sect of heretical Buddhist monks, known as the 'Great Ari', had gradually won royal support.
Taking advantage of the patronage given to them by the kings, they debased the religion, until the nadir was reached in the reign of Nyanng-u Sawrahan (613-640).
This is a story of events that took place at the end of the Formative Early Pagan period, after the death of King Htun Kyit (586-613). As the King had no son, only two daughters. After he passed away, the elder daughter was crowned queen of Pagan, titled "Saw Yupar".
She had been dissatisfied with the enormous power of the Ari monks over the people, and considered that these monks, who ate banquets, drank liquor, presided over animal sacrifices, and enjoyed a form of ius primae noctis, to be depraved. In Theravada Buddhism she found a substitute to break the power of these clergy.
She first broke the power of the Ari monks by declaring that her court would no longer intervene if people ceased to hand over their children to the priests. Those who were in bondage to the priests gained freedom. Some of the monks simply disrobed or followed the new way. However, the majority, who had wielded power for so long, would not go away easily.
So Yupar assembled an army led by her lover, General Khan Myat, to fight against the Ari Monks , who were silled in armed martial arts, and in the mysterious technology of vril war machines. (Remark: Like, for example, the Thunder Volt war machine in 'Viy2 : Journey to China'. It is not a 100% fiction as I first believed: that kind of advanced technology was already established in India, and some might have been transferred to early Pagan; very few of those methods were revealed to the Ari monks, they were passed only to the leaders of their sect. And, on the other hand, the members of the royal family had access to some kinds of technology, different or the same; so there was a balance of power between the two groups. But I think the very first origin of these technologies came from the lost Empire of Atlantis. Another good example in Western History is Archimedes' Death Ray.)
Yupar had also learned that kind of lethal technology, but her learning was still not complete.
In the earlier stages of the war, her plans went well, the Ari army was driven out to the west bank of the Arawady River. But when the final battle was fought, her army was annihilated by a heavenly thunder storm created by Ari Leaders. Yupar was barely protected by her magic shield, with which she saved herself and rest of her troop, including her lover. But all of them were captured once her power had gone.
In the end, the Ari leader made a generous offer to Yupar: he would spare all the rest of her troops, and do no harm to her sister at the palace. But first she would have to serve for one night at the Ari Monastery alone. Then, all she had to do would be to transfer her crown to her younger sister and receive the severe punishment due to her for what she had done to many lives in the battle. He willed that her punishment would be an example to all the people, including the royal family and its branches that ruled the land, so they would not dare to challenge the power of the monks ever again.
For the sake of her people, Yupar accepted his offer and sent her troops back to the palace. That night, Yupar lost her virginity to the Ari Leader, and served as a sex-slave for the other monks.
According to the Chronicles, the Buddhism that was reintroduced by Asoka's mission flourished not only at Thaton and Prome, but also in the new kingdom of Pagan, until the reign of King Thaik Taing (A.D. 514 - 521), when it started to decay. The reasons given by the Chronicles for this decay were, firstly, that there was no copy of the Buddhist scriptures present in the new kingdom and, secondly, that a sect of heretical Buddhist monks, known as the 'Great Ari', had gradually won royal support.
Taking advantage of the patronage given to them by the kings, they debased the religion, until the nadir was reached in the reign of Nyanng-u Sawrahan (613-640).
This is a story of events that took place at the end of the Formative Early Pagan period, after the death of King Htun Kyit (586-613). As the King had no son, only two daughters. After he passed away, the elder daughter was crowned queen of Pagan, titled "Saw Yupar".
She had been dissatisfied with the enormous power of the Ari monks over the people, and considered that these monks, who ate banquets, drank liquor, presided over animal sacrifices, and enjoyed a form of ius primae noctis, to be depraved. In Theravada Buddhism she found a substitute to break the power of these clergy.
She first broke the power of the Ari monks by declaring that her court would no longer intervene if people ceased to hand over their children to the priests. Those who were in bondage to the priests gained freedom. Some of the monks simply disrobed or followed the new way. However, the majority, who had wielded power for so long, would not go away easily.
So Yupar assembled an army led by her lover, General Khan Myat, to fight against the Ari Monks , who were silled in armed martial arts, and in the mysterious technology of vril war machines. (Remark: Like, for example, the Thunder Volt war machine in 'Viy2 : Journey to China'. It is not a 100% fiction as I first believed: that kind of advanced technology was already established in India, and some might have been transferred to early Pagan; very few of those methods were revealed to the Ari monks, they were passed only to the leaders of their sect. And, on the other hand, the members of the royal family had access to some kinds of technology, different or the same; so there was a balance of power between the two groups. But I think the very first origin of these technologies came from the lost Empire of Atlantis. Another good example in Western History is Archimedes' Death Ray.)
Yupar had also learned that kind of lethal technology, but her learning was still not complete.
In the earlier stages of the war, her plans went well, the Ari army was driven out to the west bank of the Arawady River. But when the final battle was fought, her army was annihilated by a heavenly thunder storm created by Ari Leaders. Yupar was barely protected by her magic shield, with which she saved herself and rest of her troop, including her lover. But all of them were captured once her power had gone.
In the end, the Ari leader made a generous offer to Yupar: he would spare all the rest of her troops, and do no harm to her sister at the palace. But first she would have to serve for one night at the Ari Monastery alone. Then, all she had to do would be to transfer her crown to her younger sister and receive the severe punishment due to her for what she had done to many lives in the battle. He willed that her punishment would be an example to all the people, including the royal family and its branches that ruled the land, so they would not dare to challenge the power of the monks ever again.
For the sake of her people, Yupar accepted his offer and sent her troops back to the palace. That night, Yupar lost her virginity to the Ari Leader, and served as a sex-slave for the other monks.