Myedu

Myedu lies north of the irrigated Mu valley in Upper Burma. The fertile land between the Mu and the Irrawaddy supported important settlements and provided grain to the rulers of Ava. Myedu guarded the northern approach to this agricultural heartland, facing the Shan principalities beyond the hills. In 1503 forces from Möng Yang seized Myedu during the long struggle between Ava and the northern Shan rulers. The town later gave its name to a prince of the Konbaung dynasty, a son of Alaungpaya who would become King Hsinbyushin. Its position linked the cultivated Mu country with the routes leading north toward Wuntho and the upper Irrawaddy.