 The Glass Palace Chronicle traces the origins of the Pagan kingdom to India during the 9th century BCE, more than three centuries before the Buddha was born.Prince Abhiraja () of Kosala () of the Sakya clan () – the clan of the Buddha – left his homeland with followers in 850 BCE after military defeat by the neighbouring kingdom of Panchala ().They settled at Tagaung in present-day northern Burma and founded a kingdom.