Talok

Talok lies in the dry central plain southwest of Ava, not far from the Irrawaddy. Its pagoda is linked in local tradition both to the ancient king Ashoka and to the legendary Burmese ruler Pyusawhti. In the fourteenth century Talok was a governorship within the world of the emerging Ava kingdom. Swa Saw Ke held the office before becoming king of Ava in 1367, and later governors served the court as it consolidated its power in Upper Burma.