Myanaung

Myanaung stands on the Irrawaddy north of Hinthada, at the entrance to the delta from Upper Burma. The town was known as Gu-Htut in accounts of the fourteenth-century struggle between Ava and Hanthawaddy. In 1390 King Razadarit's forces advanced through the delta after defeating the ruler of Myaungmya and took Gu-Htut and nearby Ahlwe. Its riverbank position placed the town on a route contested by the kingdoms of the upper and lower Irrawaddy.