 Burmese chronicles do not agree on the origins of the Pagan kingdom.Chronicles down to the 18th century trace its origins to 167 CE, when Pyusawhti, a descendant of a solar spirit and a dragon princess, founded the dynasty at Pagan.But the 19th-century Glass Palace Chronicle ("Hmannan Yazawin") connects the dynasty's origins to the clan of the Buddha and the first Buddhist king Maha Sammata ().