Theinhko: killed by a farmer whose cucumbers he ate without permission. Theinkho’s Queen, fearing civil disorder, smuggled the farmer into the royal palace and dressed him in royal robes. He was proclaimed King Nyaung-U Sawrhan, and was known as the ‘Cucumber King’. He later transformed his cucumber plantation into a spacious and pleasant royal garden. (931 AD)
Anawrahta: gored by a buffalo during a military campaign. (1077 AD)
Uzana: trampled to death by an elephant. (1254 AD)
Narathihapate: forced at knife-point to take poison. (1287 AD)
Minrekyawsa: crushed to death by his own elephant. (1417 AD)
Razadarit: died after becoming entangled in the rope with which he was lassoing elephants. (1423 AD)
Tabinshweti: beheaded by his chamberlains while searching for a fictitious white elephant. (1551 AD)
Nandabayin: laughed to death when informed, by a visiting Italian merchant, that Venice was a free state without a king. (1599 AD)
